Market Analysis

Russian factories continue to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands

  Once IKEA left Russia, the local furniture factories continued to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands [...]

Consequences of the war in Ukraine on Poland’s timber industry

Poland's wood industry expects a shortage of wood raw materials mainly caused by the current war in Ukraine.   [...]

Czech Republic: Wood prices are at the highest level in 20 years

  Wood prices in the Czech Republic are at the highest in two decades due to high demand. Prices [...]

Pellet prices considerably higher in W. Europe on a year ago

The price of wood pellets is considerably higher in some Western European as compared to a year ago.   [...]

Homag reports record order intake in Q1/2022

    In the first quarter of 2022, the Homag Group was able to further improve order intake [...]

Russian invasion, Covid and inflation overshadow the outlook of the Finnish sawmill industry

    The uncertainty caused by the Ukraine war is also reflected in the demand for Finnish lumber [...]

Significantly reduced log supply to China

The total log demand in China has reduced since last year’s real estate and construction crisis in China due [...]

Russian timber companies ask for state support due to sanctions

Russian business associations "Opora Rossii" and "Business Russia" sent a set of proposals to Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko on [...]