Archives: June 2018

Belarus timber is being targeted by British forestry companies

British companies are interested in buying Belarusian timber via commodity exchange. The possibility was discussed as a delegation of British [...]

New Zealand radiata pine logs prices go up in May

Radiata pine log export prices from New Zealand have been rising significantly in May 2018. China has been importing radiata [...]

EU plywood import prices on the rise due to booming demand

    Against this background, European plywood importers variously describe demand ranging from ‘stable and sound’ and ‘at [...]

Global softwood lumber prices increased during Q1/2018

    Global softwood lumber prices continued their two-year climb in the Q1/18 with the pace [...]

European parquet market keeps progressive trend

Parquet consumption continues to progress in the EU, benefiting from the encouraging economic context, especially from the growth of the [...]

Södra reaches record-high levels in its construction timber sales

Swedish construction customers are buying timber products like never before. Södra’s sales of Swedish construction timber broke all [...]

Junnikkala Ltd. increases sawn wood production in Finland

Junnikkala Ltd. is growing its sawn wood production in Kalajoki, Finland, and increasing the drying capacity by acquiring the first [...]

Strong European sawn softwood market due to booming demand in US and China

On the 15th of  June 2018, the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) held its Summer General Assembly in [...]

Steinhoff International sells Kika/Leiner

Steinhoff International has finally admitted that it is selling its loss-making Austrian furniture retailer Rudolf Leiner, popularly known as [...]

EU plywood trade with China disturbed by domestic environmental controls

Chinese plywood supply is reported by EU importers to be disrupted by tough new national environmental controls, which are forcing [...]