Finland: Keitele Group stops exports to Asia due to port strikes

The port strikes in Finland, which has been ongoing for the fourth…

European countries boosted softwood lumber exports to China in 2023

China Customs has reported 2023 lumber  imports totalled 27.78 million cubic meters…

The crisis in the Red Sea affects Swedish exports of forest products

Every third freighter with Swedish goods that goes through the Suez Canal…

Latvian forest sector faces serious challenges in the global wood markets

The year 2023 was quite dynamic and sometimes unpredictable for the Latvian…

Finland’s softwood lumber exports on the rise; boost in raw wood imports from Latvia

Finland’s export volume of softwood lumber increased last October from a year…

New Zealand’s log price exports to China show signs of recovery

According to China Customs, in the first 10 months of this year…

Trends in German log and lumber exports to China are hugely different

From January to October this year, German softwood logs exported to China…

2024 outlook for Russian lumber exports

Russian exports in the global lumber market have changed substantially as their…

War in Ukraine halved the Russian lumber export prices

Since early 2022, Russian lumber export prices have fallen by 50%, attributed…

Swedish sawmills have diversified their export markets over the past few years

Lumber trade has become more global over the past few decades with an…