Archives: April 2018

Siempelkamp to deliver new particleboard plant for VMG in Lithuania

Kalipedos Madiena (VMG) orders the complete plant with Siempelkamp in Krefeld, Germany. The new plant, which will be located in [...]

Roundwood demand and prices in Finland go up

Thanks to the positive economic situation and investments, roundwood use by the Finnish forest industry will break the 70 million [...]

EU domestic furniture sector sales recovers in 2017

The biggest shift in the EU furniture sector in recent years has come in the degree of market self-sufficiency [...]

Russia imposes temporary restrictions on veneer logs exports

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia decided to impose temporary restrictions on the export of veneer logs for [...]

Tariffs imposed by Trump administration affect the Chinese wood products exports

The US Trade Representative has issued a list of products to which a 25% tariffs will be collected. The list [...]

Parquet markets in Europe on positive growth

The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry met on 4 April 2018 and discussed amongst [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland grew during January

    Roundwood prices in Finland increased during January 2018, as compared to the corresponding month in 2017 [...]

Germany: Wood pellets price starts to drop during April

The wood pellets' price in Germany has started to descend in April 2018. The national average price has reached the [...]

Global sawlog prices driven by strong markets in the US and Europe

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) increased substantially, driven by strengthening lumber markets in both the US and Europe. The [...]

Timber and panel imports in the UK rising sharply in 2017

The Timber Trade Federation has issued its Monthly Statistical Bulletin for April 2018. The stats show that volumes of imported [...]