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Global softwood lumber production is forecast to grow by 1.6% in 2020

In reviewing 2019, where Europe is grouped as “one region,” the five largest producers are Europe, the U.S., Canada [...]

January 14, 2020

Forecast: Global lumber demand trends in 2020

Many in the industry will not remember 2019 positively. Simply put, most global markets were awash in wood, and all [...]

January 10, 2020

New Zealand log export prices on the rise in December

The CFR sale price for A grade logs in China remained in the mid US$120s range per m3. At [...]

January 10, 2020

Global lumber market trends in 2020

In North America at least, 2019 will be remembered as the hangover from the 2018 first-half price spike that [...]

January 7, 2020

Global output of wood products is at 70-year high

The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood-based panels have surged [...]

January 6, 2020

Profit margins for sawmills in Finland at lowest levels in 15 years

The financial health of the world’s lumber producers was mixed in the 3Q/19. The gross margins fell in [...]

December 17, 2019

Moody’s forecasts positive outlook for the wood products sector in 2020

-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will increase by [...]

December 16, 2019

Sawlog prices falling in most major markets around the world in 3Q/2019

A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand moved sawlog prices downward in most major markets around the world [...]

December 9, 2019

Bark beetle infestation and storm damaged timber in Europe rapidly changing global trade flows

Up to the end of October, European log exports to China imports were a whopping 5.6 million m3. The [...]

December 4, 2019

Export prices for New Zealand logs on the rise in November, but prices are still below their 2-year average

At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs delivered to ports around New Zealand in November increased by an average [...]

November 20, 2019

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