Forestry

New Zealand’s log prices at historical level

Export log prices in New Zealand reached new record in January 2018, boosted by continued strong demand from China, a [...]

High oak prices and weak beech prices on the French hardwood market

    In France, the end of 2017 brought a new wave of rising oak log prices in [...]

Bergs Timber plans to acquire Norvik Timber Industries

Bergs Timber AB has signed a letter of intent on the 22nd of January with Bergs Timber’s main owner [...]

Canada files for extensive complaint against the US at the WTO due to lumber duties

Canada has filed a WTO complaint over US antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.     In its complaint [...]
February 5, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Value of Latvia’s sawn timber exports in first 11 months of 2017 drops 0.7% year-over-year to €560.0M

In the first eleven months of 2017, Latvia exported EUR 2.059 billion worth of forestry products, up 7 percent [...]
January 18, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Roundwood prices in Finland grew in October 2017

Roundwood prices in Finland went up during October 2017, both as compared to the same period of 2016 and as [...]

John Deere registers top high sales in construction and forestry segment

For the fourth quarter ended October 29, worldwide net sales of John Deere registered a 23 percent rise, to $8 [...]

Russia may limit roundwood exports

Moscow is currently considering to adopt a new legislation to limit the export of roundwood and also introduce a quota [...]

The US imported 71% more softwood lumber from EU countries

    The US has imported 71% more softwood lumber from the European Union countries during January-September [...]

Softwood lumber exports from Belarus to the EU went up by 50%, despite export ban

    Softwood lumber exports from Belarus to the European Union countries have went up during January - September [...]