Market Analysis

High prices in the German wood market

In November 2021, German forest owners increased their income from the sale of spruce logs by around 50%. Overall, producers [...]

Rising prices could keep European lumber exports to the US at high pace in 2022

    European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise in 2021, although the pace of [...]

US lumber plunges for 7th day on demand fears, supply chain chaos

US lumber futures tumbled by the exchange limit to $1,053.70 per 1,000 board feet on the Chicago [...]

Northern Europe sawmills have some of the lowest sawlog prices in the world

    Record-high lumber prices in North America and Europe have moved both demand and sawlog values [...]

German hardwood industry hit by tense roundwood supply and felling bans

The business situation of hardwood sawmills in Germany has been developing remarkably positively for a few weeks now, as the [...]

Malaysia expects $2.4bn timber trade opportunities at Expo Dubai 2020

The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) is eyeing some AED8.8 billion ($2.4 billion) in trade opportunities during the Sustainable [...]

Austria: Wood prices at high levels for the moment

Like other raw materials, the prices for lumber shot up to unprecedented heights last year. It wasn't just finely [...]

Czech wood prices on a roller-coaster ride

    A simple economic reasoning suggests that the prices of wood correspond to its current availability or [...]

U.S. sawmill production fails to meet housing demand for lumber

Insufficient production is causing an unprecedented spike in US lumber prices as sawmill output fails to keep up with consumer [...]