Sweden: Sharp drop in sawlog prices in 2020
2020 roundwood prices in Sweden have decreased as compared to 2019. The price of pulpwood decreased by 11 percent and [...]
January 27, 2021
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Sweden: Softwood sawlog prices on the rise as demand from sawmills booms
In Central Sweden, state-owned Sveaskog raises the purchase price for softwood sawlogs from 18 January. The reason is continued [...]
January 21, 2021
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Sharp recovery in Sweden’s softwood lumber exports to Europe
During September 2020, Swedish exporters increased their supply of softwood lumber to European customers by 28%. The total volume of [...]
January 13, 2021
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Södra to sell prefabricated timber house division
Södra is divesting Trivselhus AB to housing supplier Svensk Husproduktion with a completion date set [...]
January 11, 2021
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Stora Enso to sell forest assets in Sweden
As part of its forest land optimization, Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest forest assets located in southern [...]
December 21, 2020
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Swedish forest industry doubles exports to the United States
The Swedish forest industry has increased its exports of wood products and pulp so far this year. To the USA [...]
December 14, 2020
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Sweden: Bark beetle infestation at a new record level in 2020
In total, about eight million cubic meters of spruce forest have been damaged in Sweden, despite the fact that the [...]
December 8, 2020
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Evolutions of the Swedish forest industry in the pandemic year
The Swedish forest industry companies' quarterly reports for the third quarter of the year have been published, and now give [...]
November 30, 2020
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Sweden: Autonomous forest machine ready for testing
In Sweden, researchers at Luleå University of Technology (LUT) have designed and built an autonomous forest machine that [...]
October 28, 2020
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Sweden: Falling trend in roundwood prices continued in Q3/2020
The trend of decreasing delivery roundwood prices continued during the third quarter of 2020 in Sweden. The price [...]
October 22, 2020
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