Calamities and coronavirus: Bad prospects in the German and Austrian forest
The first half of the year was extremely bad for the majority of Austrian and German forest companies. In addition [...]
August 13, 2020
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German furniture industry expects a 10% drop in sales for 2020
The German furniture industry has so far come through the corona crisis robustly compared to other economic sectors. [...]
July 13, 2020
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The Swiss wood market marked by coronavirus and bark beetle
The Swiss timber market has so far navigated the pandemic "relatively well", the Swiss Timber Commission (HMK), which met in [...]
July 6, 2020
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Demand for African tropical timber weakens in Europe
The impact of pandemic control measures have hit West African timber producers across the region hard, coming as it has [...]
June 25, 2020
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Austria: Massive price drops for logs due to bark beetle infestation and coronavirus crisis
The log market in Austria is currently impacted by the bark beetle infestation and the coronavirus crisis in June. [...]
June 23, 2020
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China’s second coronavirus wave? Beijing faces new lockdown as cases spike in Chinese capital
Beijing is reintroducing strict lockdown measures and conducting mass testing of residents after a fresh cluster of COVID-19 cases [...]
June 19, 2020
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Canada’s forestry industry is struggling in 2020
Under the challenge of US timber tariffs, the new coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly worsen the Canadian forestry industry's situation [...]
June 17, 2020
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Germany: The price of wood is falling sharply in the coronavirus crisis
The price of roundwood in Germany has collapsed sharply and is causing financial hardship for German forest owners. But one [...]
June 15, 2020
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German forests receive € 700 million aid from the Government
The Federal Government will offer € 700 million to deal with the damage in the German forest after two years of [...]
June 8, 2020
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Sweden’s sawmills gained market shares in China and US during pandemic
Many Swedish sawmills are now running at full speed again, partly because [...]
June 3, 2020
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