Wood Industry Prices

North American lumber prices fall for the 9th consecutive week

     Lumber prices notch their ninth consecutive weekly loss after a brief resurgence earlier in the week [...]

Boom in demand for sawn softwood in France; prices going up

As long as it lasts! In the softwood forests of eastern France, sawyers are crossing their fingers because the sawnwood [...]

Prices for European spruce logs in China fall sharply in June

    On the whole, June Chinese imported spruce logs fell sharply. The price of spruce/white pine [...]

BC log costs surge as lumber producers move South

    British Columbia is sharply increasing the cost of trees for lumber producers just as wood-product [...]

Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens

  A crisis in supplies of timber In Ireland is set to deepen as overseas sources of logs dry [...]

Wood imports recover in India, despite surge in prices

    As the real estate demand has gradually begun to resume in India, the demand for processed [...]

Prices for imported German spruce logs in China drop sharply in June

    According to Chinese importers contacted by Timber Industry News, on average in China, the German spruce [...]

Brazil’s roundwood exports hit record high

    Brazil has never exported so much roundwood as in April and May 2021, according to the [...]

Japanese timber industry in unprecedented crisis due to supply shortages and record prices

Currently, Japan is suffering from the third timber crisis, with unprecedented supply shortages and extremely high prices of timber. The [...]

Skyrocketing prices cause lumber shortage also in Russia

    The Russian housing market is experiencing a shortage of 2-2.5 million m³ of lumber [...]