Market Analysis

Södra Wood reduces sawn timber production

Södra expects weaker demand for wood products due to rising inflation and higher interest rates in Europe and the [...]

Tight supply woes for Malaysian plywood players

    Tightness in supply has driven the export prices of hardwood plywood manufactured in Sarawak to surge [...]

Kastamonu Entegre eyes top three spot in the global wood-based panel market

    Already one of the world’s top five wood-based panel manufacturers, Kastamonu Entegre is raising [...]

China: Falling stocks of N. American logs and European spruce logs

Softwood log inventories at the China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.96 million m3 on July 30th, 2022, a [...]

Prices for sawn timber in Europe expected to continue falling in Q3 and Q4

The invasion of Russia in Ukraine created both challenges related to the prices of raw materials and energy resources, great [...]

France now dominates China’s oak log imports

Because of firm demand for oak flooring and furniture oak imports have been increasing and exceeded 1 million cubic metres [...]

Wood pellet prices in Germany at unprecedented levels

    Many orders cause the price of wood pellets to continue to rise in August. One reason [...]

Shortage of wood in Poland

The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the invasion of Ukraine have caused a shortage of wood in Poland [...]

Wood pellet crisis in France: prices double, strong demand causes supply difficulties

    Faced with soaring energy prices, more and more French are investing in boilers or pellet stoves [...]

Construction cancellations surging in Germany

Many projects are still being canceled in Germany’s residential construction sector. The share of companies affected stood at 11 [...]