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One immediate impact of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions by Western countries has been a dramatic reduction in exports of forest products from...
ResourceWise, the newly formed parent company of Forest2Market, Fisher International and Tecnon OrbiChem, has acquired Wood Resources International...
Lumber trade flows changed almost instantly when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Trade sanctions and restrictions in financial transactions...
Central European roundwood markets are at a turning point, as per Wood Resources International LLC's Foucs Report. Over the past four years, forests...
The US South's softwood industry has enormous potential for a variety of reasons. The region has a significant forest resource with room for...
The US South softwood timber resource is significant, cost-competitive, and increasingly crucial for the global supply of several forest products. In ...
This year, the strong demand for wood products in Europe and North America has increased lumber trade during the first nine months of 2021 by about...
Sawmills in Europe and North America enjoyed record profits during the first half of 2021, but fell in the 3Q when lumber prices plunged Sawmill...
In 2020, wood pellet production in Europe was up 4% y-o-y and was 34% higher than in 2016, according to data just released by the UNECE. Despite this ...
Softwood fiber costs were generally higher worldwide in the 2Q/21 than in the previous quarter despite an increase in the supply of residuals from...
US lumber prices reached unprecedented highs in the 2Q/21. For example, the costs for 2x4 framing pine lumber inthe US South averaged almost $800/m3...
Softwood lumber has been in high demand in the US and Europe throughout 2021. The limited supply resulted in temporary price surges to record high...
Lumber prices in the US have taken off to never-before reached levels. In May 2021, average prices were more than three times as high as 12 months...
Global trade of wood chips, which are mainly used by pulpmills, grew from about 21 million tons in 2009 to an all-time high of 35 million tons in...
Increased demand for hardwood fiber in key pulp-producing countries and a weaker US dollar resulted in higher hardwood pulplogs prices in the 4Q/20....
Europe's pellet industry is the largest in the world and is expected to continue to grow strongly, at least until 2025. The key factors driving this...
Both of the WRI's sawlog price indices (Global and European) jumped 8% q-o-q in the 4Q/20 as log prices increased worldwide. Demand for logs improved ...
China is the world's largest importer of softwood and hardwood logs, and for many decades, Russia has been a significant log supplier for them. This...
Global Lumber Trade in 2020 Softwood lumber imports to the US were up 4.5% y-o-y in 2020, contrary to most other regions of the world. From 2019 to...
Wood chip exports from Chile plummeted in 2020, with shipments falling by over 40% from the first quarter to the fourth quarter. Only an estimated...
The softwood timber harvest in Germany is likely to reach almost 50 million m3 in 2020, about ten million m3 more than a typical year before the...
Russia exported 15 million m3 of logs in 2020, which accounted for almost 12% of globally traded roundwood. Much of this trade may come to a halt...
During the first ten months of 2020, US importation of overseas softwood lumber was 39% higher than during the same period in 2019. By year-end,...
Strong lumber sales and a weakening US dollar moved sawlog prices upward in many markets worldwide in the 3Q/20. The most significant price increases ...
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