Wood Industry Prices

Warning in US against European lumber

The North Carolina Building Code Council warns of potentially “catastrophic” failures caused by European lumber. It remains to be seen [...]

US lumber prices expected to drop to $600 in the next six months

     The price of US lumber futures has pulled back from May's peak, falling roughly 43 [...]

Central Europe: Sawmills struggling to get logs; historical price increases

Within the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) softwood lumber prices in June are still on the rise due to [...]

New coronavirus outbreak causes huge backlog at China’s ports

    A coronavirus outbreak in in southern China has clogged ports critical to global trade, causing a [...]

US lumber enters a bear market with prices down 20% from peak

US lumber prices are falling—fast.    On Tuesday, the price per thousand board feet fell $114 [...]

Finland’s sawmills benefit from lumber boom

    The outlook for the Finnish forest industry is quite positive, Danske Bank's economic information estimated [...]

Wood prices are breaking records in Poland

    Polish sawmills are struggling with rising wood prices. Currently, in the free market, they have to [...]

US lumber prices are falling fast

US lumber prices are falling back to Earth. Prices have dropped from record highs, spurred by the economic reopening and [...]

Wood is the new gold: Prices explode in Germany

  The raw material wood is in high demand on the world market. This is causing skyrocketing prices and [...]

China’s high prices leave New Zealand wood industry in danger

Thirty years ago the Government sold off much of its Crown forestry estate. Today it's looking to forestry, now [...]