Hardwoods
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Germany: Wood auctions reveal high prices for hardwoods, oaks especially
Recent auctions in Germany reveal considerably higher prices for hardwoods, and especially for oaks. The auction in Wettenberg in Hessen, Germany, approx. 60 kilometers north of Frankfurt a.M., on the 15th of December 2022. 494 cubic meters of oak stems from state-, municipal-, and private forests were offered at the auction. 26 bidders from Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Germany submitted bids. Even though many of the offered stems had lower quality than the year before due to drought and heat damages, the prices were higher. The forest owners were (of course) very satisfied with the situation as they all are facing vast reforestation after years of bark-beetle and drought damage to their forests and need financing for that. The average price for the oak logs in Wettenberg was 1.090 € per cubic meter*. That is to be compared with last year’s auction at the same... Continue reading
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January 31, 2023
Germany: Wood auctions reveal high prices for hardwoods, oaks especially
Recent auctions in Germany reveal considerably higher prices for hardwoods, and especially for oaks. The auction in Wettenberg in Hessen, Germany, approx. 60 kilometers north of Frankfurt a.M., on the 15th of December 2022. 494 cubic meters of oak stems from state-, municipal-, and private forests were offered at the auction. 26 bidders from Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Germany submitted bids. Even though many of the offered stems had lower quality than the year before due to drought and heat damages, the prices were higher. The forest owners were (of course) very satisfied with the situation as they all are facing vast reforestation after years of bark-beetle and drought damage to their forests and need financing for that. The average price for the oak logs in Wettenberg was 1.090 € per cubic meter*. That is to be compared with last year’s auction at the same... Continue reading
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April 26, 2022
Russian imported plywood will be ‘hard to replace,’ says US hardwoods group
As of April 8, the U.S. has suspended normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, immediately raising tariffs on Russian birch plywood to 50% in many cases. “As the U.S. imported 567 million square feet of hardwood plywood from Russia last year, this large amount of plywood will be hard to replace,” said Keith A. Christman, president of the Decorative Hardwoods Assn. “Going further, Republicans in Congress proposed banning imports of Russian timber and sustainably increasing the domestic harvest,” said Christman. “Unfortunately, it appears that unfounded concerns about harvesting wood may prevent this legislation from moving forward and filling the Russian supply gap.” Russia supplies around 10% of the hardwood plywood America uses, with the far majority (97%) being birch plywood products. That number is misleading as the other leading hardwood plywood suppliers... Continue reading
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April 26, 2022
Russian imported plywood will be ‘hard to replace,’ says US hardwoods group
As of April 8, the U.S. has suspended normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, immediately raising tariffs on Russian birch plywood to 50% in many cases. “As the U.S. imported 567 million square feet of hardwood plywood from Russia last year, this large amount of plywood will be hard to replace,” said Keith A. Christman, president of the Decorative Hardwoods Assn. “Going further, Republicans in Congress proposed banning imports of Russian timber and sustainably increasing the domestic harvest,” said Christman. “Unfortunately, it appears that unfounded concerns about harvesting wood may prevent this legislation from moving forward and filling the Russian supply gap.” Russia supplies around 10% of the hardwood plywood America uses, with the far majority (97%) being birch plywood products. That number is misleading as the other leading hardwood plywood suppliers... Continue reading
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January 31, 2023
Germany: Wood auctions reveal high prices for hardwoods, oaks especially
Recent auctions in Germany reveal considerably higher prices for hardwoods, and especially for oaks. The auction in Wettenberg in Hessen, Germany, approx. 60 kilometers north of Frankfurt a.M., on the 15th of December 2022. 494 cubic meters of oak stems from state-, municipal-, and private forests were offered at the auction. 26 bidders from Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Germany submitted bids. Even though many of the offered stems had lower quality than the year before due to drought and heat damages, the prices were higher. The forest owners were (of course) very satisfied with the situation as they all are facing vast reforestation after years of bark-beetle and drought damage to their forests and need financing for that. The average price for the oak logs in Wettenberg was 1.090 € per cubic meter*. That is to be compared with last year’s auction at the same... Continue reading