Swedish sawmills export less to Europe; more to Africa, China and US
Swedish sawmills delivered less softwood lumber to European destinations in the first eight months of 2019 (-7%). By contrast, deliveries [...]
November 5, 2019
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Euroconstruct: Growth in European construction sector forecast to decrease in the next two years
European construction output is forecasted to increase by less than 2% in 2019, and by less than 1.5 percentage [...]
November 5, 2019
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European beetle spruce logs flood the Chinese market
European beetle spruce logs have flooded the Chinese market. In the first eight months of the year, the EU countries [...]
November 4, 2019
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UK to extend timber legality requirements after Brexit
UK tropical and other timber importers were urged to evaluate the impacts for their businesses of a no-deal Brexit [...]
November 4, 2019
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European Commission report: more countries than ever hit by forest fires
On 31 October 2019, the European Commission published the 2018 edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe [...]
November 4, 2019
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Swedish Martinsons plans to increase the production of wood products, glulam and CLT
Martinsons announced a SEK 120 million (EUR 11.1 million) investment in its sawmill plants in Bygdsiljum and Kroksjön [...]
October 31, 2019
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Finland: Forestry giants Stora Enso and UPM report declining profits in Q3/2019
Finland's forestry giants, Stora Enso and UPM, have reported declining profits and smaller production output for the third quarter [...]
October 31, 2019
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Cheap European logs fill the Chinese falling softwood stocks
While log supply from North and South America in China has virtually dried up the volume from Europe continues to [...]
October 29, 2019
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China: Weak market for European birch timber, as Russian birch becomes cheaper
Some Chinese merchants said that this year, due to the short-term factors such as the downturn in the property [...]
October 29, 2019
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Romania: Romsilva to harvest 9.5 million m3 of roundwood in 2020
The Romanian national forest administration Regia Nationala a Padurilor (Romsilva) is planning to harvest 9.5m m³ of roundwood in [...]
October 29, 2019
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