Wood Industry Prices

Global trade of softwood lumber on a downward trend

Global trade of softwood lumber fell about 10% in the first half of 2022. Most of the decline was driven [...]

The Swedish forest industry faces major challenges

    The world is currently facing major challenges. Interest rates are rising rapidly and sharply, the costs [...]

Vietnam boosts wood pellet exports and prices

Vietnam has emerged as the world’s second largest exporter of wood pellets, one of the important export items of [...]

Romania to cap the price of pellets and firewood

The price of wood used for heating is capped at RON 500 per cubic meter (EUR 100), including VAT, according [...]

Wood energy: European forest industry reacts to the amendments voted by the European Parliament

The EU Parliament recently voted on numerous initiatives that will have a significant impact on the sawmill and timber industry [...]

China’s softwood log demand still low due to Covid-19 policies

China softwood log inventory has reduced by about 1m m3 over the last month to be below the 4m m3 [...]

The current state of the European sawmill industry

The prices of finished wood products fall significantly, while the entire European sawmill sector is currently experiencing through a very [...]

French oak log prices at record levels despite uncertain market

  How much longer will the planets remain aligned for the oak tree? At the beginning of September 2022 [...]

Sweden’s softwood lumber exports: less to Europe, more to US and Asia

In the first seven months of 2022, Sweden has exported about 7,7 million cubic meters of sawn and planed [...]

US lumber prices fall to around pre-pandemic levels

US lumber prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years, bringing two-by-fours back to [...]