Market Analysis

Sweden: Derome acquires construction trade Woody Anderstorp

Derome, Sweden’s largest family owned wood industry focused company, acquires Woody Anderstorp and joins the construction trade on January [...]

Russia threatens to ban timber exports to China due to illegal logging issues

Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a [...]

Reduced panel production causes prices to rise in China

    In order to improve air quality and the environment producers of woodbased panels in many cities [...]

Hardwood industry in US seeks opportunities in the India

The market for American hardwoods in India is on its way to fulfil its true potential over the course of [...]

Lumber production in North America drops, while Canadian output goes 10% down

    U.S. sawmills produced 14.647 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]

European countries to benefit from US-China trade war

The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]

Russia: Wood pellet suppliers and foreign buyers in H1/2019

Exports of wood pellets from Russia are growing at the highest rate in recent years. In H1/2019, exports grew [...]

Italy: Woodworking machinery orders drop sharply in Q2/2019

In the second quarter of 2019 the orders of wood and furniture machinery and equipment in Italy have decreased by [...]

US to set duties of up to 230% to Chinese wooden cabinets imports

    The U.S. Commerce Department said this month it has made a preliminary determination that wooden [...]

Sharp rise in prices for hardwood chips exported from Latin America

    Tight supply of hardwood fiber in the Pacific Rim have pushed prices for Latin American hardwood [...]