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Finland: Forest industry under threat due to oversupply, falling prices and strikes

Finland's forest industry has now become under threat by oversupply caused by the bark beetle and storms [...]

February 17, 2020

Finnish pulp and timber strikes come to an end

The strikes began in January and affected the whole of Finland’s pulp and paper industry. [...]

February 13, 2020

Finland: Roundwood prices in December 2019

In December 2019, the average price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 53.1 per cubic meter [...]

February 5, 2020

Finland’s forest industry output impacted by the global economic downturn

Out of the main product groups in Finland's forest industry, paper, board, lumber and plywood [...]

February 5, 2020

Finland’s forestry industry paralyzed by strikes

Some 9,000 workers at Finnish paper mills will start a three-week strike this Monday after wage talks broke [...]

January 27, 2020

Finland: Highly probable strikes at sawmills and plywood factories could cause damages of EUR 1 billion

If the strikes threatening the forest industry were to happen, the damage could amount to nearly 1 billion euros. [...]

January 24, 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

Finland’s sawmills and plywood plants close for a week aiming to put pressure unions

Some 100,000 Finnish employees in industrial sectors began a three-day strike on Monday to back up their salary [...]

December 11, 2019

Finland: Dropping sawlog prices in October

Prices for sawlogs in Finland continued the downward trend in October 2019. The average price for pine sawlogs was EUR [...]

November 26, 2019

Low prices for Finnish pine sawn timber in China

According to some Chinese importers, a large number of new Finnish pine sawn timber products will enter China's market [...]

November 14, 2019

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