US softwood lumber prices keep on falling
Winter kept a grip on many regions and key markets, but sales of framing lumber in US picked up in [...]
March 15, 2019
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Changing trends in Eastern European wood imports
While there was some increase in imports by a few western European countries in 2018, eastern EU countries recorded much [...]
March 15, 2019
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Global sawlog prices keep on rising in 2018
In early 2018, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached $80.73/m3, its highest level since 2014. Sawlog prices [...]
March 15, 2019
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Wood pellets in danger of losing classification as renewable energy, following lawsuit against EU
A group of plaintiffs from Estonia, France, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and the US are filing a lawsuit against the [...]
March 14, 2019
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Canada: Lumber production falls sharply as production curtailments rise
The recent lumber curtailments of major Canadian lumber producers, announced back in the fall and winter [...]
March 14, 2019
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High stocks and weak demand cause falling timber prices in China
Timber stock levels in Zhangjiagang markets remained high throughout 2018. In November, stocks of okan, a main species imported, reached [...]
March 14, 2019
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UK’s share of total EU imports of timber products falling
There are significant shifts on-going in destinations for EU imports of timber products. After emerging [...]
March 14, 2019
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Estonian sawlogs continue to rise at the beginning of 2019
Roundwood prices in Estonia rose further in January 2019 from an already high level reported throughout [...]
March 14, 2019
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Finland: Softwood lumber to China collapse in 2018
The Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world dropped by -6% during January - December 2018, as [...]
March 12, 2019
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US lumber prices fall at the beginning of March
Weather conditions continued to thwart the US softwood lumber trading. Buyers and sellers in US acknowledged that they were tiring [...]
March 12, 2019
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