Market Analysis

Belarus organizes 3 joint ventures with EU wood pellet producing companies

Belarus wants to organize three joint ventures with European companies, as to manufacture wood pellets together.     [...]
February 8, 2018 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Guangdong wood-based panels exports went down in 2017

Chinese plywood exports from manufacturers in Guangdong Province fell in the first 11 months of 2017 with the largest drop [...]
February 8, 2018 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China

Weaker logs demand in the EU keeps low prices in Central and West Africa

Central and West African producers are expressing confidence that the current price stability and steady order volumes for African species [...]

Vietnam wooden products exports reach $9 billion in 2018

    Vietnam's forestry products exports are forecast to reach $9 billion this year. The value of [...]

Austria: wood pellets price up by 5% in January

The average price of wood pellets in Austria has reached 241 € per tonne of wood pellets or 4.92 Cent [...]

Softwood lumber imports from UK to Europe not affected by Brexit

    UK's softwood lumber imports from the European Union countries haven't been yet affected by [...]

Japan adjusts biomass subsidies due to increased demand

Japanese regulators announced at the end of 2017 about plans to stop the issuance of set price Feed-in-Tariff [...]

European sawmills expand market share in East Asia

During the last few years softwood lumber import in Southeast Asia has increased dramatically with China as the top performer [...]

European parquet market reports third consecutive year of growth in 2017

    Consumption figures for parquet in Europe keeps increasing for the third year in a row. During [...]

Germany: Wood pellets price increased sharply in January

Wood pellets price in Germany increased in January, due to the low temperatures. Thus, the national average for wood pellets [...]