Market Analysis

Euro pallet prices fave fallen by 40% in six months

    The average price of a new euro pallet in Germany at the end of November is [...]

North American lumber prices can’t stop falling, as housing market is struggling

North American lumber prices has been among the biggest commodity price decliners this year, and the outlook for the market [...]

Reduced logging volumes proposed in Estonian state forests

    Estonian Environment Minister Madis Kallas presented the government with a proposal to lower state forest logging [...]

European woodworking and sawmill industries welcome EC’s legislative proposal on certification of carbon removals

The publication this week by the European Commission of a draft legislative proposal on the certification of carbon removals has [...]

70 EU signatories call for efficient, circular use of wood biomass residues

    More than 30 additional signatories endorsed the declaration issued on the 10th of November, bringing the [...]

China: Recovery signs of the softwood import market in Q1/2023

In China, the softwood import market remains weak but there are small hopes for Q1/2023. As of mid-November [...]

Kronospan abandons takeover of Pfleiderer due to EU antitrust concerns

    Austrian wood panel producers Kronospan failed to allay EU antitrust concerns over its bid for German [...]

EU tropical wood imports slow with mounting signs of recession

    In the first nine months of this year the EU27 imported 1.53 million tonnes of [...]

Nordic forest companies have more money than ever

The Nordic forest industry has never had as much money as it does now, says Danske Bank's forest sector [...]