Market Analysis

Wood pellet prices rise sharply in Central Europe

    The price of wood pellets has seen a sharp rise in Central European countries in January [...]

Sweden’s sawmill giants post considerable rise in sales and profits for 2021

    Three of Sweden's largest sawmilling groups, SCA, Holmen and Setra posted more than expected financial [...]

Euroconstruct: Dynamic recovery in European construction in 2021 and 2022

According to the new estimate, the total construction output in the Euroconstruct area decreased by 4.7% in 2020, a [...]

EU to initiate WTO dispute regarding Chinese restrictions on (timber) trade with Lithuania

The European Union has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning alleged Chinese restrictions on the import and export of [...]

Outlook for New Zealand’s exports of logs to China challenging

New Zealand log export revenue was up 34 percent during the year to 30 June 2021 due to stronger than [...]

Sweden’s sawmill industry reports record production in 2021; outlook positive for 2022

    Analysts predicted that 2021 would be a new record year for the Swedish sawmill industry as [...]

US reduces duties on most Canadian softwood lumber producers

The US Department of Commerce issued its preliminary determination in their Third Administrative Review of certain softwood lumber products from [...]

Crisis growing in the Irish forest industry

    According to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), Ireland’s forest industry remains in crisis. Delays in [...]

2022 global wood pellet market outlook

The industrial wood pellet markets have been growing at an annualized rate of about 1.66 million metric tonnes per [...]

COVID casts long shadow over the European furniture sector

    For the European furniture sector, as in other industries, the COVID pandemic is casting a long [...]