{"id":78692,"date":"2020-01-23T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T13:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/european-bark-beetle-crisis-multiple-implications-global-lumber-markets\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:52:23","slug":"european-bark-beetle-crisis-multiple-implications-global-lumber-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/european-bark-beetle-crisis-multiple-implications-global-lumber-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"European bark beetle crisis has multiple implications in global lumber markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A new wildcard in the global supply of lumber, as well as log exports, is the rapid expansion of the spruce bark beetle in Europe that has grown to a massive scale in just a few short years. The net impact involves a huge timber salvage program that is having far-reaching implications in global markets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Exceptionally hot and dry summers have fanned the flames, so to speak, for an unprecedented outbreak of spruce bark beetle activity throughout central European forests, killing vast swathes of timber.<\/p>\n<p>Drought, brought on by what most believe to be climate change, has weakened mature trees\u2019 natural defense mechanisms, giving beetles a wide-open field to multiply unchecked. The resulting massive infestation has forced landowners to quickly harvest their attacked forests across the Bavarian region of Germany, as well as in the Czech Republic, northern Austria, Slovakia, Poland and many other countries.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis is not just being caused by beetle attacks, however, but also from windstorms that are (with increasing frequency) knocking down huge tracts of forests. Rotting wind-thrown timber can become an optimal breeding ground for beetles, supplementing the food sources already available.<\/p>\n<p>According to some estimates the spruce beetle-killed timber and wind-damaged forest land is 113 million m3 in 2018, led by wind-damaged timber at 55 per cent (with the remainder beetle-killed wood). In 2017, some 20 per cent of the central European harvest was made up of damaged timber, and in 2018 this increased to ~42 per cent. For 2019, the total timber harvest of damaged timber will move even higher, with the beetle-killed component expected to be 50 per cent larger than in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Exacerbating this dramatic scenario is the European spruce log export story to China \u2013 now the \u201celephant in the room.\u201d Up until the end of October 2019, European log exports to the Chinese market were a whopping 5.6 million m3 \u2013 the pace for the last two months was 1+ million m3 per month. The volume for 2019 is expected to higher than the volume of log exports from North America in 2018, with about one-third lower volumes for North America in 2019 due to the surging volumes of competitively priced European logs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new wildcard in the global supply of lumber, as well as log exports, is the rapid expansion of the spruce bark beetle in Europe that has grown to a massive scale in just a few short years. 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