Skyrocketing wood prices in Romania
The situation on the wood market in Romania is tense, with prices above average prices in Europe. Thus [...]
June 29, 2021
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HS Timber, Egger and Kronospan fined for organizing a wood cartel in Romania
The Austrian companies HS Timber Production (formerly Holzindustrie Schweighofer), Kronospan and Egger, all with activities on the Romanian wood market [...]
January 20, 2021
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JAF Group to close raw veneer plant in Romania
Due to the challenging market situation relating to raw veneers, the JAF Group has decided to provisionally discontinue its production [...]
August 10, 2020
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Romania’s Government considers banning wood exports outside the EU
More than half of Romania’s wood exports go outside the European Union (EU), official statistics show. Romanian timber and [...]
December 10, 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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Romania plans to ban the exports of logs
Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) has announced the intention to file a bill to ban the export of [...]
May 20, 2019
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Romania: Cartel forming accusations over Schweighofer, Kronospan and Egger
The Romanian Competition Council has extended again the investigation on the local timber market over 35 more companies operating in [...]
April 11, 2019
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Romania: Higher standing timber prices revealed by recent auctions
In January, a new round of auctions for standing timber was held by the Romanian Forestry Agency (Romsilva), after the [...]
February 6, 2019
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Romanian wood processing industry in crisis due to supply issues and rising timber prices
The volume of the exploited wood in 2017 in Romania reached 17.898 m3 of which 6.325 m3 are [...]
September 24, 2018
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New accusations for Holzindustrie Schweighofer of purchasing illegal wood in Romania
A new investigation takes a look behind the scenes to detail how the Austrian timber giant Holzindustrie Schweighofer, one of [...]
July 18, 2018
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