Market Analysis

Finnish log prices on a rising trend

    Roundwood prices in Finland have increased sharply in November 2018, as compared to the same month [...]

Laminate flooring market in Europe slowed down in 2018

    In 2018, manufacturing members of the Association of European Producers of Laminate Flooring (EPLF) achieved worldwide [...]

US lumber prices start to go up in January

    Trading in dry framing lumber picked up amid more curtailment news in British Columbia, and a [...]

Forestry products exports from Latvia soared in 2018

In the first 11 months of the year, Latvia exported EUR 2.414 billion worth of forestry products, up 15 [...]

ISO published new standard for chain of custody of wood products

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) has published a new, voluntary standard for chain of custody (CoC) of wood and [...]

Demand for Chinese redwood furniture slowing down

Many timber suppliers in the Shanghai Furen timber market are complaining that demand for timber for furniture making has suddenly [...]

German prices for wood pellets keep on growing in January

As it is usual in winter, the price of German wood pellets rose in January compared to the previous month [...]

Chinese traders are worried over rising prices of US hardwoods caused by trade war

The trade friction between China and the United States has been on everyone’s mind in 2018, especially Chinese manufacturers [...]

EU wood furniture imports from China dropped in 2018

After making gains in 2017, EU wood furniture imports from China, by far the largest external supplier, fell 5% to [...]

Indian plywood market influenced by new pattern of demand

The plywood market in India has absorbed an earlier price rise but supplies are still increasing faster than demand. Analysts [...]