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Germany: Reduced amounts bark beetle damaged wood this summer

Reduced amounts of damaged wood by bark beetles were reported in Thuringia and Bavaria in the summer. Nevertheless, foresters remain [...]
September 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Irish timber sales to UK set to double

Irish timber sales to the UK could double to €2bn a year over the next 15 years, with a huge [...]
September 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Recovery in Finland’s forest industry exports

Finnish forestry industry exports returned to their normal level in the second quarter of the year after the slump at [...]
September 10, 2024 Latest Trends

Canfor to close two Canadian mills, curtails U.S. production

 Citing weak demand, high tariffs, a fiber shortage, and a variety of factors, Canfor Corp. on Sept. 4 has cut [...]
September 6, 2024 Latest Trends

European plywood importers look to 2025 for market upturn

Leading European plywood importers have forecast trade to be on a level with 2023 or be only marginally up this [...]
September 6, 2024 Latest Trends

EU deforestation regulation threatens to disrupt wood product imports

New regulations introduced by the European Union are set to significantly impact the import of wood products, including softwood and [...]
September 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Spruce log prices in Sweden passed the EUR 100/m3 mark

The price of wood continues to rise in Sweden. In June, the forest owners' association Mellanskog announced the largest price [...]
September 6, 2024 Latest Trends

LL Flooring, formerly Lumber Liquidators, fails to find a buyer

LL Flooring, the flooring company formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, is going out of business after the bankrupt company failed [...]
September 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Austria’s sawmill industry and timber trade suffer from weak construction industry & EU bureaucracy

"The sawmill industry has been holding its own in a difficult environment for almost two years," is how DI Markus [...]
September 5, 2024 Latest Trends

Raute is preparing for layoffs -few new orders expected

The company starts change negotiations, even though the order backlog is good. However, there have been fewer new orders, so [...]
September 5, 2024 Latest Trends