Market Analysis

Falling spruce roundwood prices in Finland

    Spruce roundwood prices in Finland are on a falling trend in May 2019, both as compared [...]

Austria: Price overview for wood pellets in July

The July price of pellets in Austria reached 229.6 € per tonne or 4.71 Cent per kWh.   [...]

Prices for Russian pellets exported to Europe higher this year

      The average price of Russian wood pellets sent to the European Union countries in [...]

The Swedish glulam industry continues to gain market share despite reduced construction activity

    The Swedish glulam industry continues to gain market share. The first quarter of 2019 shows a [...]

China to recognize wood framing in new standard

Wood Frame Construction Technology (WFC) has officially been recognized for the first time by China’s Green Building Evaluation Standard [...]

Global lumber-exporting countries increased their shipments in early 2019

    The uptick in demand for lumber continued in early 2019, with most of the major lumber [...]

Vietnam sharply rising wood products exports might determine a lack of raw materials

With its abundant potential in wood processing, Vietnam is emerging as a major exporter of finished wood products in the [...]

Recovery in EU softwood lumber deliveries to China this year

    After a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered [...]

Booming softwood lumber prices in US

    News broke last month of another mill closure in British Columbia, which shifted trading in most [...]

West Africa: Logs & sawnwood FOB prices under pressure

European markets are uninspiring according to producers. FOB prices remain at the same level as in the past 2 months [...]