Market Analysis

Plans to expand Homanit’s wood-based panels production are advancing in Lithuania

Germany’s fibreboard maker Homanit is advancing plans to ramp up the company’s production capacities in eastern Europe with [...]

Lumber market cools down as renovation boom is likely over

    Lumber prices have hit record highs, fueled by the war in Ukraine, but now the market [...]

N. America: Lumber buyers slow orders, wood is piling up at mills

North American lumber prices have come crashing down in a new sign of how rising interest rates are deflating markets [...]

German timber industry increases sales by 25% in Q1/2022

Sales in the German timber trade developed very well in the first quarter of 2022. On average, sales increased by [...]

Record wood prices in Poland

Representatives of the Polish wood industry accuse the State Forests of the fact that there is a plundering wood market [...]

Where are N. American lumber prices heading after recent 50% fall?

Since the beginning of the pandemic, North American lumber prices have been more volatile than at almost any other time [...]

Bergs predicts continued softwood lumber market volatility

    European wood products manufacturer Bergs Group predicts continued market volatility for softwood lumber products after posting [...]

European softwood lumber exports to the US at a high pace in Q1/2022

    European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise in the first quarter of 2022 [...]

Global CLT expected to more than double in 5 years

    The global cross-laminated timber (CLT) market size was US$1.1 billion in 2021, and [...]

UK birch plywood market impacted by Russia trade sanctions

    Birch plywood is the largest single UK timber product category which will be directly affected by [...]