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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China-Europe container rates continue to skyrocket; wood industry feeling price pressure
The China-Europe container crisis has escalated over the past week, with container prices reaching new highs, while the container [...]
December 9, 2020
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Södra raises the price for spruce timber
The Swedish sawmill industry's demand for wood continues to increase despite the global economic situation being uncertain due to [...]
November 2, 2020
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France: Estimates see a doubling in bark beetle wood volume in 2021
The bark beetle crisis has affected spruce forests in the north-eastern quarter of France since the summer [...]
October 27, 2020
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Tighter supplies of wood in global markets expected to increase prices in the upcoming period
The easing of lockdown conditions in many countries are causing significant upward pressure. These include a mismatch between [...]
October 26, 2020
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Global wood fiber markets in 2Q/20
Wood raw-material costs fell for most pulp manufacturers throughout the world in the 2Q/20, reducing fiber price indices [...]
October 12, 2020
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China’s imports of logs crash in the first half of the year
China’s log imports fell sharply in the first half of 2020 to 24.51 million cubic metres valued at [...]
September 2, 2020
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Vietnam’s wood, wood products export up 6.2% in 7 months
Vietnam exported nearly 6.1 billion U.S. dollars of wood and wood-based products in the first seven months [...]
August 11, 2020
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SCA boosts wood harvesting level by 1 million m3/yr
SCA has confirmed a new harvesting plan which shows that the harvesting level in the own forest will increase over [...]
July 23, 2020
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About 40% of Chinese factories in Gabon have ceased production
It is estimated that about 40% of Gabon’s Chinese factories have ceased production. In some cases, the plywood plants [...]
June 23, 2020
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