Market Analysis

North American lumber prices are soaring to levels not seen in seven months

    North American lumber prices are soaring to levels not seen in seven months as the lingering [...]

Austrian spruce log prices stable in December 2021

    The Austrian sawmill industry was adequately stocked with softwood logs in DecemberAn upturn in demand, which [...]

Increased export duties for Russian lumber are now in effect

The higher duty rate for exports of certain kinds of lumber previously announced by the Russian government went into effect [...]

China’s demand for New Zealand logs uncertain; prices stable in December

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zwealand exported logs remained unchanged in December, although there were reported some [...]

B.C. forestry giants invested $6billion in foreign assets in 2021

    Canfor Corporation has ended 2021 with another investment outside of B.C. – bringing the total investment [...]

UK faces softwood overstocking and falling prices

      As imports continued to pile into the UK through September and October, the on [...]

Swedish JGA to expand sawn timber production capacity at Linneryd sawmill

The Swedish privately owned sawmill company JG Anderssson och Söner AB (JGA), based in Linneryd in Småland, is [...]

China’s demand for softwood logs expected to be reduced in Q1/2022

Softwood inventory levels in China have dropped slightly to 4.5mln m3 and daily offtake remains steady at 75k per [...]

Ikea is hiking its prices due to supply chain crisis

   Ikea is raising its prices by 9% on average due to supply chain challenges.   An Ikea [...]

European, US demand for wood products boosted global lumber trade in 2021

    Last year, the strong demand for wood products in Europe and North America has increased lumber [...]