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May 10, 2023

Swedish sawmill industry facing challenges and price corrections in the short term

The Swedish sawmill industry is doing well in competition with, above all, continental Europe, which appears to have the greatest challenges in terms of access to sawn timber in the future. But during the next six months, the Swedish Handelsbanken expects that there is limited scope for continued price increases, as a result of falling profitability in industry. ''We expect corrections in the price level for timber in the southern part of the country, where the price premiums against the northern part are at the highest levels in 20 years,'' says Christian Kopfer, an expert at Handelsbanken.  ...

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