Market Analysis

China mills struggling with higher import log prices

The rate of increase in log prices has slowed with some mills in China now struggling with the higher log [...]

US lumber price hike not reflected by rise in timber prices

US timber pricing has been relatively stable through the pandemic. Compared to lumber prices, which have increase dramatically over the [...]

US housing starts drop sharply due to skyrocketing lumber prices

  U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in April, likely pulled down by soaring prices for lumber and [...]

Is the lumber price rally in Germany long-lasting?

    The coronavirus crisis has hit many sectors of the economy in Germany, but the lumber industry [...]

N. American lumber boom not supported by new sawmills

North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don [...]

N. American lumber prices start to drop

North American umber prices fell for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, May 14.    After soaring [...]

Russian government confirms log exports ban starting 2022

The Russian government is not considering lifting the ban on the export of logs, which will enter into force in [...]

EU Commission sets provisional anti-dumping duties on Russian birch plywood

    Back in October 2020, The European Union launched an anti-dumping procedure for the import of [...]

Recovery of lumber production capacity in N. America is not as easy as imagined

    Although the price of lumber rose sharply during this period, Canadian production capacity did not increase [...]