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April 15, 2020

Sweden’s forest industry companies in difficulty due to coronavirus impact

The Swedish forest industry's trade with other countries has been made more difficult by the coronavirus pandemic.  A survey conducted by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises revealed that a majority of the forest industry companies in Sweden that answered the questionnaire are affected by the outbreak of covid-19. 80 percent believe that trade with other countries had been made more difficult. ''This picture is also confirmed in our direct contacts with the member companies,'' says Kerstin Hallsten, chief economist at the Forest Industries.  Initially, it is primarily border crossings for goods within the EU ...

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