N. American lumber prices remain near recent lows as new home construction sinks
Lumber prices remained near recent lows as construction on new homes fell while mortgage rates jumped [...]
June 22, 2022
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Plywood plants of Russian Sveza work at 20-40% of capacity
Aleksey Mordashov, head of the board of directors of Severstal, which also owns the leading Russian birch plywood producer Sveza [...]
June 22, 2022
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Wood supply shortage expected to hit European markets in the coming months
European parquet markets have diverged in 2022. While Italy, Scandinavia and Spain have seen continuing increases [...]
June 22, 2022
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UK boosts imports of lower-priced Latvian hardwoods
UK hardwood import volumes shot up by 30% in Q1 2022 as compared to the same [...]
June 21, 2022
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Brazil expands plywood exports to EU as falling supplies to US
In May, Brazil reduced plywood exports to the U.S. by 38% year-on-year to [...]
June 21, 2022
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Europe’s sawn hardwood production at highest level since 2008
Production of sawn hardwood in Europe was significantly impacted by the coronavirus crisis in 2020 with a strong decline particularly [...]
June 21, 2022
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Fuel prices forcing shutdowns, threaten entire US timber supply chain
Skyrocketing, record-breaking diesel fuel prices are forcing some logging and trucking operations to shut down [...]
June 21, 2022
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Russian timber industry is looking for ways to export through Belarus and Turkey
Russian lumber companies, forced to halt exports to the EU due to sanctions, doubled supplies to China and Kazakhstan in [...]
June 20, 2022
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Significant progress in the European parquet market; outlook uncertain
The European parquet market progressed significantly in 2021 and reached level not seen since 10 years [...]
June 20, 2022
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German woodworking machinery industry with record level of demand
The gap between global demand and the production of woodworking machinery is widening. In the first [...]
June 20, 2022
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