Market Analysis

Market prospects for the European softwood lumber in Egypt brightening

    The EU countries have increased their exports by almost 50% this year, as the country's [...]

China: Prices of wood products for September 2019

    This index contains the most update prices of logs and lumbers from the two major timber [...]

Crisis in BC forestry industry deepening

    British Columbia's forestry industry is going through a deeper crisis, led mostly by high log [...]

Global plywood industry affected by US-China trade war and slow Chinese economy

The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]

Ban on timber exports to China useless, says Russian forestry group executive

    Mikhail Shamorin, president of the Segezha Group, one of Russia's largest forestry industrial enterprises, said [...]
September 20, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia

US softwood lumber price movements remain flat

    The first full back-to-work / school week for September 2019 did not bode well for [...]

U.S. lumber production drops; Canadian output falls sharply

    U.S. sawmills in the first six months of 2019 produced 17.602 billion board ft [...]

West Fraser reduces lumber production capacity in B.C. up to 25%

    West Fraser announced it will introduce variable operating schedules at five of its British Columbia sawmills [...]

Södra to lower prices for roundwood

    The Swedish Södra Group lowers its purchase prices for roundwood.     The [...]

Prices and market developments for the global wood pellet trade

The global wood pellets market revenue amounted to $5,359.9B in 2018, rising by 6.8% against the previous [...]