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The European Pellets Conference 2022 on April 6 in Wels, Upper Austria, as well as online, showed the more than 650 participants from 60 countries the current developments on the markets, in technology and politics. Speakers and audience discussed ways of optimal positioning in times of... [more...]
The trade of logs and lumber in Europe will “change dramatically” in the coming years, with timber harvests having reportedly peaked in Central Europe.... [more...]
In Pakistan many timber importers are waiting for spruce and pine deliveries from the Ukraine - without any forecast as to when they will arrive. Many companies are now planning to expand imports of yellow pine and white pine from... [more...]
Trade with Ukraine has considerably reduced following the martial law in Ukraine and the mobilization of men. For sites that still produce in western Ukraine, the problem is to transport to Europe, as Ukrainian truckers are not allowed to leave Ukraine. ..... [more...]
In addition to corporations such as Apple, BMW, BP, Ford, Shell and VW, companies in the timber industry are increasingly deciding to suspend or restrict trade with Russia or to stop production in Russian plants. Ikea and Stora Enso have decided to stop all activities with and in Russia...... [more...]
The European Union has banned most imports from Belarus over its involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Wednesday, the EU agreed to ban 70 percent of exports from Belarus, with sanctions placed on wood products, steel and iron...... [more...]
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....... [more...]
It might be that the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market has found equilibrium. At least for the time being. ...... [more...]