Industry Prices

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Challenging European plywood market

Some European plywood importers report that container costs out of Asia have started to come off their pandemic peak. Others [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]