It is difficult to say today how the French timber market will evolve in 2022. Due to the health crisis, the sector has suddenly fallen into a kind of unknown ground after which any kind of forecast is nearly impossible. The reality of the moment is that there is no longer any law except that of the spot price. Until now, the French forest products branch – especially lumber – had never really been accustomed to the practice of spot markets. Those in the long term were rather the rule even if professionals have noted, in recent years, a trend towards ...