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German sawmill industry expects market volatility to continue in 2022
2021 was a year of change in many ways. Although the pandemic remained with its effects on large parts of the economy, how the political environment for the German sawmill and wood industry will develop in the future cannot be said with certainty so shortly after the new government was formed. In the past year, the industry was able to hold its own comparatively well in the face of rising energy and raw material prices as well as supply bottlenecks, report the umbrella associations, The German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) and The Main Association of the German Wood Industry (HDH). For 2021 the HDH expects an increase in turnover for the entire wood industry. In the first nine months of the year, sales in the industry totaled around 29.9 billion, 13.8% above the level of the same period last year. The sub-sectors developed very differently: If the challenges... Continue reading
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January 11, 2022
German sawmill industry expects market volatility to continue in 2022
2021 was a year of change in many ways. Although the pandemic remained with its effects on large parts of the economy, how the political environment for the German sawmill and wood industry will develop in the future cannot be said with certainty so shortly after the new government was formed. In the past year, the industry was able to hold its own comparatively well in the face of rising energy and raw material prices as well as supply bottlenecks, report the umbrella associations, The German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) and The Main Association of the German Wood Industry (HDH). For 2021 the HDH expects an increase in turnover for the entire wood industry. In the first nine months of the year, sales in the industry totaled around 29.9 billion, 13.8% above the level of the same period last year. The sub-sectors developed very differently: If the challenges... Continue reading
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German sawmill industry expects market volatility to continue in 2022
2021 was a year of change in many ways. Although the pandemic remained with its effects on large parts of the economy, how the political environment for the German sawmill and wood industry will develop in the future cannot be said with certainty so shortly after the new government was formed. In the past year, the industry was able to hold its own comparatively well in the face of rising energy and raw material prices as well as supply bottlenecks, report the umbrella associations, The German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) and The Main Association of the German Wood Industry (HDH). For 2021 the HDH expects an increase in turnover for the entire wood industry. In the first nine months of the year, sales in the industry totaled around 29.9 billion, 13.8% above the level of the same period last year. The sub-sectors developed very differently: If the challenges... Continue reading