New Zealand’s log exports to increase by 25% this year led by China rising prices
Log exports are forecast to reach US$3.6 billion in the year ending June 2021, led by demand from [...]
August 11, 2021
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Bank of America: Lumber prices could rebound over the next few weeks
Lumber prices could be due for a late summer rally after falling more than 70% from [...]
August 5, 2021
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French timber industry receives 300 million euro aid
“We must boost the wood industry”, said the French Prime Minister Jean Castex, on Saturday July 24, during a visit [...]
August 5, 2021
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Challenging European plywood market
Some European plywood importers report that container costs out of Asia have started to come off their pandemic peak. Others [...]
August 5, 2021
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Estonia: Timber prices at unprecedented levels
Timber prices in Estonia have reached to unprecedented levels. Pine and spruce are particularly affected, as speculators hold on to [...]
August 5, 2021
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North American lumber might rise by 65% by the end of the year
Lumber may have tumbled from its pandemic peak but the stage is set potentially for a [...]
August 5, 2021
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Chinese import of softwood lumber enters a falling trend
The steady increase in softwood lumber import in China continued during the first six months of 2020, but then entered [...]
August 2, 2021
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Why now might be the best time to buy lumber in N. America?
After more than doubling in price last year, lumber futures have dropped to their lowest level [...]
August 2, 2021
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N. American lumber prices surge sharply as Canada wildfires cut sawmills production
Lumber futures rose the most in more than a year on concern that wildfires in western Canada will reduce supply [...]
July 29, 2021
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Fall in US lumber prices could hit European markets soon
The price rally of softwood lumber is receding, experts of the Estonian wood industry believe. However [...]
July 29, 2021
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