Wood Industry Prices

Downturn in China beginning to impact African tropical logs and sawnwood prices

The economic slowdown in China has started to affect FOB prices with prices for okoume, beli and some of the [...]

India: Logs and sawn timber import demand slows

Economic activity started slowing in India in the middle of October as preparations commenced for Diwali (Festival of Lights) on [...]

China: Softwood log demand and prices low; spruce imports from Europe down sharply

China softwood log inventory remains below the 4m m3 despite China having the Golden Week holiday at the start of [...]

Price of birch wood rising sharply in Finland

    The halt in Russian imports has pushed up the price of birch wood in Finland, which [...]

Wood prices expected to continue to rise in Latvia

Currently, there is a shortage of wood and especially pellets in Europe. And at least not yet, it is not [...]

Softwood log prices continue fall in Germany

The German producer price indices for spruce partially stopped their upward trend in August 2022. On average the index for [...]

N. American sawmills to cut production in bid to lift lumber prices

    A string of sawmill curtailments has buoyed lumber prices amid a flood of dismal housing data [...]

Russian plywood mills continue to reduce capacity utilization

    Exports of plywood from Russia without the ability to ship to Europe in July-August 2022 [...]

Ireland: Falling timber prices in Q3/2022

Economic uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine and a decline in consumer confidence is impacting on timber prices in [...]

Finland: Fall in log prices in September

    Timber trade in Finland continued brisk in September, with the total volume five per cent higher [...]