Market Analysis

Sawmills in France at risk because of higher oak logs demand from China

China's increased demand for wood has made the oak logs exports from France to boom. Moreover, the larger demand [...]

Strong wood demand in Central/West Africa will bring better prices for logs and sawnwood

Producers in Central and West Africa announced that the stable market situation reported last month is being maintained and they [...]

Latest trends in US particleboard market

The U.S. particleboard market totalled 22.8M cubic metres in 2017, 4.6M cubic metres (or 17%) less than [...]

Wood-based products exports from Brazil went up by 30%

In April 2018, the value of Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 30% compared to [...]

EU tropical logs imports have pulled through last year’s downturn

After a downturn in 2017, EU imports of tropical logs recovered a little ground at the start of 2018. Imports [...]

Timber industry in Sabah might recover once with log export ban

    The export of logs from Sabah, a major timber producing state, has been banned with immediate [...]

US pulpmills increased costs for wood fiber during the Q1/2018

During the first quarter of 2018, there were substantial increases in wood costs for pulpmills in Western US and Canada [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland increased during March

Roundwood prices in Finland have increased in March 2018, as compared to the same month last year. The same increase [...]

Future demands for wood products in Japan

    Japan's Forestry Agency has recently organized a meeting regarding the future of the wood demand [...]

Estonia: Roundwood prices reach record-highs in March

Prices for roundwood in Estonia increased significantly in March 2018, as compared to the same month of 2017.   [...]