Market Analysis

Sawmills sales in Germany declined during November

The turnover of the German sawmills fell in November 2013 as compared to October. The decrease of the total turnover [...]
January 15, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe

China invests in wood biomass consumption as a move to replace coal

China plans to expand the upgrade of biomass energy in the next 5 years as to reduce coal consumption and [...]
January 14, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...China

Roundwood prices in Switzerland kept stable in 2016

The forestry industry in Switzerland got positive results during last year, both for the timber harvest and the energy market [...]
January 12, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Wood Energy / Europe

European parquet market: Positive trend consolidated

      The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry met on [...]

Global pulpwood prices reach lowest level in 10 years

Pulpwood costs have fallen substantially worldwide with the softwood and hardwood pulpwood price indices in the 4Q/15 being at [...]

Higher roundwood prices affect the German sawmill industry competitiveness

Worldwide roundwood prices are falling, but there is still a constant distance between the high German and significantly lower international [...]

Sweden searches for new opportunities in the rising Japanese wooden house building

New opportunities arise in the Japanese construction sector for the Swedish lumber. Swedish Forest Industry President, Carina Håkansson (in [...]

Lumber prices in the US recover during March

Amid some mixed sentiment, framing lumber prices increased last week in U.S. Weather clouded the views of traders in [...]

Paris improves wood pellets use for urban heating; US to supply the demand

Paris plans to improve the use of renewable energy in the urban heating system by importing thousands of tonnes of [...]

EPAL Euro pallets sets new record for production last year

With an increase of almost 11%, and a total of 73.6 million EPAL Euro pallets produced around the globe [...]
March 16, 2016 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe