March 2014 - Page 2 of 4 - Global Wood Markets Info

New wood processing plant in the UK for SCA

On Tuesday 18th March, Ulf Larsson, President of SCA Forest Products, inaugurated SCA Timber Supply’s new plant at Melton [...]

March 25, 2014

Indonesia wood exports to EU may rise up to 10%, following VPA

On 27 February the European parliament ratified the EUIndonesia Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA [...]

March 25, 2014

Finland: Log prices stable in February

In February 2014, roundwood prices in Finland are largely stable as compare to January, with only few minor changes. Pine [...]

March 24, 2014

Austria: Price of wood pellets up by 5%

In March 2014, the price survey conducted by proPellets Austria resulted in an average price of € 26.01 €-Cent per [...]

March 22, 2014

Global log prices inching up

Global sawlog prices rose in the 4Q/13 resulting in the GSPI reaching its third highest level since 1995; the [...]

March 22, 2014

CLT comes to America

A super-strong engineered wood product popular in Europe, known as cross-laminated timber (CLT), is coming to America under [...]

March 20, 2014

European imports of Chinese plywood stable

According to the latest figures provided by Eurostat, European imports of plywood from China slightly declined in value by -1 [...]

March 19, 2014

EU imports of wood pellets booming

The European Commission recently presented the 2030 policy framework for climate and energy, where expectations are that by 2030, the [...]

March 17, 2014

Södra increases production at planing sawmill

Södra's sawmill in Ramkvilla will expand with a night shift at the planing line, meaning that the annual [...]

March 14, 2014

Germany: Drop in wood pellets price

At the beginning of the spring, in March, the cost of wood pellets in Germany has decreased by EUR 10 [...]

March 13, 2014

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