Market Analysis

Sweden, the most important market for prefabricated timber buildings

    Sweden has started to use its natural forests for prefabricating timber buildings of all types and [...]

US Northwest sawmills work on building log inventories for the winter season

Sawmills and pulpmills in the US Northwest have been struggling to build log inventories for the winter season because of [...]
December 7, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Roundwood products prices in Estonia have risen sharply in October

In October, the prices of nearly all roundwood product ranges in Estonia have risen, as compared to the same period [...]

Forestry sector in China forecast to reach output value of $1.1 trillion in 2017

China's forestry sector output value is likely to reach 7 trillion yuan (approx. $1.1 trillion) in 2017, due [...]
December 7, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...China

Canadian lumber exports to US drop 8% year-over-year in Q1-Q3, but value is up 0.15% due to high lumber prices

Canada's softwood lumber exports to the U.S. have fallen since the Americans imposed new duties earlier this year [...]

European construction sector set to grow in 2017

Construction volume in the Euroconstruct area is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2017. The strongest stimuli will once [...]
December 6, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Construction / ...Europe

Italian furniture exports head outside Europe

The Italian furniture sector exports more and more to non European Countries, such as many other segments of the woodworking [...]

Housing market boom to drive Middle East’s wood market growth

Once that over 25,000 homes have been added to the UAE’s residential market this year, the wood and [...]

Latvia’s forestry products exports on the rise this year

During the first nine months of this year Latvia exported EUR 1.648 billion worth of forestry products, up 5 [...]

Chinese orders to boost Vietnamese wood industry

China’s policy on focusing on their domestic market has prompted foreign importers to place more orders with Vietnamese enterprises [...]