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UK timber import patterns witness considerable shift in 2022

Last year witnessed a considerable shift in timber trading patterns, with the…

Germany: Softwood lumber prices between boom and crisis – forecast 2023

Despite the construction crisis and the economic crisis, wood prices in Germany…

Grim prospects for US lumber market this year as housing slump deepens

Lumber prices plunged 66% last year as the once red-hot US housing…

Africa: Sawmills and plywood producers diversifying markets to maintain production

The slowdown in demand in China is becoming a serious problem for…

Mixed trends in Asian wood pellet demand

Wood pellet demand in Asia is likely to diverge in 2023, with…

One of the largest sawmill companies in Russia to stop all wood pellet production

ULK Group, the largest sawmill company in the Northwest of Russia, will…

US lumber prices continue to fall despite low inventories

Wood-pricing service Random Lengths said that its framing-lumber composite index dropped in…

New Zealand: Falling log exports and prices to China

According to the latest import and export data released by the customs,…

Pfeifer to acquire Finnish wood processing company Pölkky

The Austrian Pfeifer Holding GmbH has signed an agreement on acquiring the Finnish wood…

Germany: Wood price evolution for 2023 still uncertain

Due to the fact that more people are using firewood during the…