Forestry

Swedish sawlog prices on the rise in Q2/2019

    The second quarter of 2019 shows rising sawlog prices in Sweden on a yearly basis. Pine [...]

Vietnam takes benefit from the US/China trade war

    In the first three months of 2019 Vietnam’s wood product exports were valued at around [...]

West Fraser expects sharp drop in lumber production for 2019

The Canadian company reported lumber inventories reduced by approximately 150 million board feet in Q2/2019, and expects a 600 [...]

Conifex curtails Mackenzie sawmill

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it will temporarily curtail its Mackenzie, British Columbia sawmill operations for two weeks commencing July [...]

China: Top softwood logs importing companies in June 2019

    The first importing company, in terms of value, was Shanghai Shengwosheng Forest Corporation, with a total [...]

Sawlog prices in Norway continue to decline

The average price across the whole range of roundwood assortments in Norway fell slightly again in May 2019. Following the [...]

Stora Enso to sell its Thermowood business

    The deal marks the end of heat production in Uimaharju, Finland. Lunawood, who is seeking growth [...]

British Columbia plans to limit log exports

  The Government of British Columbia is taking the first step toward ensuring that more B.C. logs are [...]

India: Latest prices for wood products in June

Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-30 June 2019    Plantation teak prices  [...]

US lumber prices still on rising trend

    Framing lumber trading in US was measured through mid-July, disappointing some who had expected a [...]