Forestry

Current prices for wood products in China

    The report below contains the latest prices of logs and sawnwood from main timber markets in [...]

New Zealand: Export prices of logs impacted by rising ocean freight costs

At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for logs delivered to ports around New Zealand decreased on average -NZ$5 per JASm3 [...]

Ilim Group intends to build a supply chain in the South-West of China

On February 28, a joint conference of the top management of Ilim Group was held with major manufacturers of packaging [...]

Arauco posts sharp fall in EBITDA for Q4/2018

Arauco´s fourth quarter net income was US$70.1 million, a decrease of 68.2% compared to the third [...]

Chinese importers in search for low-quality logs

    Total softwood log stocks increased across China during the Lunar New Year holiday period to just [...]

Russia plans to ban timber exports

    The Russian State Duma was submitted a law-in-draft on a long-term moratorium on [...]

Worldwide lumber trade starts to drop

    In 2018, global trade of lumber fell for the first time in five years, with total [...]

New Zealand: Sawmill goes out of business due to high prices of logs exported to China

On February 27th and 28th, 2019, the European Pellets Conference which took place in Wels, Austria gathered around 660 participants [...]

US softwood lumber prices keep on falling

Winter kept a grip on many regions and key markets, but sales of framing lumber in US picked up in [...]

Changing trends in Eastern European wood imports

While there was some increase in imports by a few western European countries in 2018, eastern EU countries recorded much [...]