Market Analysis

India: Current trends in the wood import market

Relatively cheap kiln dried sawn timber from Europe is flooding Mundra port in the range of 180 to 200 EUR [...]

France’s softwood sawmills report significant market slowdown

  At the start of September, many sawmill owners in France are asking themselves questions about the evolution of [...]

China: August review of the softwood log market

China softwood log inventory has remained stable at about 4.6 - 4.7m. Fresh pine logs are sold quickly after [...]

N. American lumber prices fall to new low as housing market continues to cool off

     North American lumber prices fell 4% to a new 2022 low on Tuesday as the housing [...]

Softwood supply in UK far in excess of demand

      UK softwood trading has continued its subdued trend into August with supply far in [...]
September 2, 2022 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Canfor to curtail production at its sawmills in Sweden

    Canfor Corporation announced that effective September 12, 2022, it intends to reduce operations at its Swedish [...]

The European timber market to face multiple new normals

    Inventory levels at most European lumber mills were running low at the start of 2021. By [...]

Latvia: The price of wood has experienced unprecedented fluctuations

In the first half of 2022, the price of wood in Latvia has experienced unprecedented fluctuations, starting with atypical price [...]

Sanctions dramatically bring down wood product manufacturing in Russia

    In July, wood products manufacturing in Russia fell 20.4% y-o-y according to data [...]