Market Analysis

Chinese forestry industry wants to boost its output by 50% until 2025

China's top forestry authority has made plans to boost the forestry industry and set development goals. The industry pledges [...]

US housing starts reported as weak; possible economic recession ahead

    A number of market analysts have pointed to signs of weakness in the U.S. housing [...]

Wood pellets price in Austria reach EUR 250/tonne in February

Enplus A1 wood pellets' price in Austria got up to an average of € 250 per tonne, or 5.11 Cent [...]

Malvaux’s acquisition of Rougier won’t affect the European plywood market

    The acquisition of the €30 million turnover timber and plywood business Rougier Sylvaco Panneaux by plywood [...]

John Deere reports sharp growth in its forestry and construction division

    Deere & Company reported net income of $ 498.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal [...]

Plywood business in Europe might have a very difficult 2019

European plywood businesses say they anticipate ‘a lot of challenges’ this year and one predicted ‘very difficult trading’.   [...]

US imports of China’s hardwood plywood fall by 76%

    US imports of hardwood plywood increased in volume by 11% in November but are still down [...]

British Columbia’s lumber exports to China start to go down, as demand decreases

British Columbia's lumber exports to China are decreasing, as the country's slowing economic growth traces demand for one [...]

Prices of wood pellets continue to rise in Germany

In February, the price of wood pellets in Germany increased by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month. Consumers [...]

US sawmills produced more softwood lumber in 2018

    U.S. sawmills produced 32.441 billion board feet (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]