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Low pellet fuel supply in Europe creates supply shock

Reduced pellet supplies in Western Europe and the U.K. resulting from sanctions…

North American lumber prices up slightly due to rising construction activity

Into the latter weeks of October, mild weather in many of the…

Disruptions in global trade of lumber and logs due Ukraine war

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th came as a shock to…

Softwood log prices in Latvia continue to rise in Q3/2022

From July 2022 to September 2022, the price of softwood log assortments…

India: Logs and sawn timber import demand slows

Economic activity started slowing in India in the middle of October as…

IHC 2022: Hardwood market between shortages of raw materials and high energy costs

On the 28th of October, a successful International Hardwood conference was organised…

Germany: Sharp fall in wood pellet prices

In October, the prices for wood pellets in Germany fell by more…

European sawn softwood production and demand expected to cool down in H2/2022

Sawn softwood production in EOS (European Organization of the Sawmill Industry) countries…

Downturn in China beginning to impact African tropical logs and sawnwood prices

The economic slowdown in China has started to affect FOB prices with…

German softwood lumber prices down 21% in September

The current situation in the German timber market is still fragile, largely…