Market Analysis

More expensive roundwood in Finland

    The prices for roundwood in Finland have increased significantly during April 2019, as compared to the [...]

US must take another look at its tariff calculation of China hardwood plywood

The U.S. Department of Commerce must take another look at its tariff calculation of hardwood plywood imported from China [...]

Exports of Brazilian wood products see sharp fall in April 2019

    In April 2019, the Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) declined 19 [...]

Canada: Softwood lumber industry caught between trade disputes and climate change

      The Canadian softwood lumber industry has to handle two of the biggest challenges in [...]

Global sawlog prices on a downward trend in Q1/2019

The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]

Overview of the Russian wood-based panel market

    Russian wood-based panels consumption raised to historic records of 12.9 million m3 (12% year [...]

Chinese companies seeking alternatives to US timber

At present, Chinese companies have been able to absorb the increased tariff levels on imported US timber raw materials but [...]

Tropical wood trade in EU strong this year

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first quarter this year compared to the [...]

Sharp fall in US lumber prices

    Mills idled by wildfires in Western Canada and expectations that more market- or resource-related shutdowns [...]

Ligna 2019 attracted more than 90,000 visitors

The five-day LIGNA 2019 closed on an impressive note. The world's leading trade fair for woodworking and wood [...]