Market Analysis

Lumber sales in the US dropped, with prices being cut

Trading in framing lumber in the US softened during last week, while the cuts in prices widened. Buyers held back [...]

The price of German wood pellets grows in March

Again, the wood pellets price in Germany is slightly higher in March 2018, than in the previous month. The national [...]

Belarus further limits the logs exports to the West

    Belarus introduced a regulation on compulsory licensing of foreign trade activities regarding export of certain timber [...]
March 26, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

General outlook for EU wood products imports in 2017

The value EU imports of sawnwood (including softwoods and hardwoods) was unchanged in 2017, at Euro 3.2 billion, ending [...]

UAE huge construction projects determine wood products demand in the region

The demand for wood and wood related products in the United Arab Emirates are driven by planned and ongoing construction [...]

Lumber production in the US has increased in 2017

US sawmills increased softwood lumber production by 4.2% in 2017 to a full-year total of 33.888 billion [...]

Hardwood lumber and veneer exports from the US to the MENA region reached $96.74 million in 2017

Total exports of U.S. hardwood lumber and veneer to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region including Pakistan [...]

Global sawlog prices have increased during Q4/2017

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) increased to US$76.34/m3 in the 4Q/17, up 1.0 percent [...]

Lumber production in the US surged in 2017

U.S. sawmills increased softwood lumber production by 4.2% in 2017 to a full-year total of 33.888 [...]

Swiss wood pellets prices drop in March

    The Swiss wood pellets' price amounted to an average of CHF 376.3/t (EUR 321 [...]