Market Analysis

Slowdown in China’s softwood log consumption indicates market correction

Demand for softwood logs in China remained favorable during the third quarter (Q3) of the year, despite seasonally lower consumption [...]

Finland: Fall in roundwood prices

    Finland's spruce logs reached an average price of EUR 64.9 per cubic metre in [...]

Egger Group reports strong sales growth in first half of financial year

The Egger Group has closed their H1 21/22FY with consolidated sales of €1.98 billion, a 36.5% compared [...]

Sky-high lumber prices are back in N. America

  Builders are buying lumber while floods in British Columbia limited supplies. Cash prices are also very high. Pricing [...]

Current trends in the global forest industry

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

Finland: Junnikkala is building a new sawmill in Oulu

The sawmill company Junnikkala is building a new sawmill in the Laanila industrial area in Oulu. The new sawmill is [...]

Will lumber prices rise in 2022?

No matter which way you look at it, 2021 was hardly a typical year. Between supply chain shortages, inflation, the [...]

China: Sharp rise in CIF prices for lumber imports

According to China Customs in the third quarter of 2021 lumber imports totalled 21.91 million cubic metres valued at [...]

Vietnam’s wood companies speed up production to meet year-end orders

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade Export and Import Department wood and wood product exports in November reached [...]

Recent lumber price surge could fuel more Canadian acquisitions in US next year

    Unprecedented transportation disruptions caused by floods in British Columbia have sent lumber prices soaring, boosting revenues [...]