Germany: The price of wood is falling sharply in the coronavirus crisis
The price of roundwood in Germany has collapsed sharply and is causing financial hardship for German forest owners. But one [...]
June 15, 2020
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Global lumber producers see surprising improvement in profitability in early 2020
The US South and British Columbia have historically been the lowest-cost lumber-producing regions of North America. However, in [...]
June 11, 2020
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Upward trend in lumber prices reversed due to civil unrest in US
Sales of Western-Spruce-Pine-Fir construction framing dimension softwood lumber in the United States took a step back last [...]
June 11, 2020
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The downturn in Finland’s wood market expected to continue; log prices to fall by 3-4% this year
This year, the decline in the Finnish timber market continues as the forest industry's production shutdowns in the early [...]
June 5, 2020
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Tropical market developments in West Africa seem a distant dream
It is becoming increasingly difficult to get trade news from West Africa. Communication channels have not been affected by pandemic [...]
June 5, 2020
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Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1, despite trade interruptions; lumber demand in key markets uncertain
Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1 from Q4, despite trade interruptions, uncertainty about short-term lumber demand in key [...]
June 3, 2020
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Supply concerns determine Chinese log buyers to pay more for New Zealand logs
The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices paid by log exporters in May increased +NZ$50-56 per m3 from the [...]
June 3, 2020
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US lumber prices continue to rise but sales volumes were unsteady
Sawmills across North America looked toward the end of summer after mid-May, as lumber prices continued to rise but [...]
June 2, 2020
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Sawmills in China slowed down or stopped production in May due high costs of imported logs
In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]
June 1, 2020
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Chinese timber importers face additional cost pressure from Chinese currency devaluation against US dollar
On May 28, the People ’s Bank of China authorized the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center to announce that the [...]
June 1, 2020
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