Market Analysis

New Zealand: Log prices reach record high

    Structural log prices in New Zealand reach the highest level in 24 years, while A-grade [...]

Swedish softwood lumber exports rise by 13% in September

    In September, the Swedish sawmills exported 13% more sawn and planed softwood lumber than in September [...]
November 30, 2017 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe

High lumber prices to cover duties imposed by the US on Canadian lumber imports, says Moody’s

Sustained high lumber prices in 2018 will cover the cost of final duties imposed by the US government on Canadian [...]

Asian market sees high wood pellet production levels and booming prices

Increases in Vietnam’s wood pellet spot prices accelerated during the third quarter of 2017, boosted by strengthening Japanese and [...]

US South sawmills the most profitable in the world

The US South was the highest margin sawmill region in North America – a place it has held since 2008 – as [...]

Price of Austrian pellets going up this month

The average price of wood pellets in Austria has reached of 232.9 € per tonne of wood pellets or 4 [...]

Chinese demand drives up New Zealand’s log prices

Increased demand for New Zealand logs coming from China leads the foresters to take advantage of the strong log prices [...]

Italian woodworking technology performs well this year

    The Italian woodworking technology has registered very good results for the second quarter of 2017, along [...]

Finnish softwood sawn timber and plywood production up by almost 6%

Finnish softwood sawn timber production in January-September increased by 5.9% compared to the year ago period and totalled [...]
November 16, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

UK: Lumber production up by 5%

UK's sawmills produced a total volume of 3.624m m³ softwood lumber during 2016, 5% more than in the [...]
November 15, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe