First signs of bark beetle attacks in Europe, as extreme drought continues
A third consecutive year of bark beetle calamity is expected to destroy the European spruce forests. The warm winter of [...]
April 28, 2020
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European wood industry to reconsider supply chains after restrictions will be eased
Strict restrictive measures in most EU countries and indeed across the world have more or less restricted production, which has [...]
April 23, 2020
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European parquet markets already severely hit by the coronavirus crisis
The European parquet markets had generally well started the year showing stable to slightly positive trends in January and February [...]
April 10, 2020
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Large sawmills in Northern Europe cut production as UK demand has fallen rapidly
Several key Nordic softwood sawmillers have implemented production cutbacks in response to reduced UK demand for [...]
April 8, 2020
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European softwood lumber exporters divert shipments from China to Egypt
In the first two months of 2020, Chinese imports of softwood lumber was 7.9% down y-o-y to [...]
April 8, 2020
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Prices of logs in China on the rise due to reduced supply from New Zealand and Europe
In the first week of March the CFR sale price for A grade radiata pine in China was in the [...]
April 3, 2020
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Coronavirus will cost Europe hundreds of billions of euros in production losses
The fight against the coronavirus will lead to production losses, which will cost European countries hundreds of billions of euros [...]
April 3, 2020
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Coronavirus puts Europe into lockdown and rewrites economic forecasts
Economic forecasts issued only a few weeks ago in Europe, which projected continuing slow increase this year in GDP and [...]
April 2, 2020
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European countries imposed heavy restrictions; borders close and some retail activity restricted
European governments took a series of measures over the weekend to slow the coronavirus spread. Many countries closed their borders [...]
March 16, 2020
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Volume of damaged wood in Europe was 50% higher in 2019
The volume of damaged wood (both bark beetle and windthrown) in 2019 in Central Europe and Italy amounted [...]
February 13, 2020
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