Wood Industry Prices

German timber trade suffers from high energy costs

    In August, the German Timber Trade Association (GD Holz) carried out a survey on the increased [...]

Outlook for N. American softwood lumber prices for this autumn

    In August, the lumber futures price did not fall below the August 2021 $448 low. On [...]

Germans are looking to firewood for energy as gas prices soar

    Skyrocketing prices for natural gas have Europeans scrambling for alternative energy sources. In Germany, where households [...]

Austria: Sawlog prices significantly reduced

    The Austrian sawmill industry is currently sufficiently stocked with logs and damaged wood is increasing. Due [...]

Sweden’s sawn timber market expected to be hot this autumn

Wood prices in Sweden are now at or close to peak level, Danke Bank estimates in its review. The demand [...]

China: Rise in CIF prices for lumber imports

    CIF prices for China’s lumber imports from most suppliers rose in the first half of [...]

France’s softwood sawmills report significant market slowdown

  At the start of September, many sawmill owners in France are asking themselves questions about the evolution of [...]

China: August review of the softwood log market

China softwood log inventory has remained stable at about 4.6 - 4.7m. Fresh pine logs are sold quickly after [...]

N. American lumber prices fall to new low as housing market continues to cool off

     North American lumber prices fell 4% to a new 2022 low on Tuesday as the housing [...]

The European timber market to face multiple new normals

    Inventory levels at most European lumber mills were running low at the start of 2021. By [...]