Central Europe construction downturn and limited log supply pressure sawmills

The associations of the sawmill and wood industry from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland addressed the current economic developments in the sector and political initiatives at the European level at their traditional New Year meeting at the House of Wood in Berlin. Key topics included safeguarding the domestic raw material base, the growing restrictions resulting from the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR), and the future orientation of CO₂ sink targets in the LULUCF sector against the backdrop of an urgently needed climate-adapted forest conversion. Companies in the sawmill and wood industry are currently facing a noticeably reduced availability of ...