Global Trends Review, April 08-14, 2013: Housing market drives capacity changes
Since April 15, 2013, WhatWood launches English version of Global Trends Review, as announced earlier. Sawlog prices in Europe were generally lower in 2012 than in 2011 because of lower log demand from...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, April 15-21, 2013: New products for the recovering...
The spring forecast by the Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT) in Finland predicts rising softwood lumber exports and higher selling prices for 2013, EUWID Wood reported. The profitability of...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, April 22-28, 2013: Challenging conditions for Nordic...
The largest Scandinavian companies posted not very cheerful Q1 results. Setra’s net loss was SEK 27 million, which is on par with Q1 2012 levels. Sales decreased slightly. According to company’s CEO...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, April 29 – May 05, 2013: Canadian quarterly reports:...
Major Canadian and North-West U.S. companies posted first-quarter results last week. Mercer International Inc., operating in Canada and Germany, reported net loss of €0.4 million compared to net income...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, May 06-12, 2013: OSB prices plateaued; China’s GDP...
The slight decline in North American OSB and softwood plywood prices seen in the first half of April has intensified in the past fortnight, EUWID Wood reported. The slump in OSB prices, in particular,...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, May 13-19, 2013: OSB demand in China predicted to grow;...
In the latest contracts concluded with buyers in East Asia, Baltic shippers have agreed increases of €25-30/m3 on the softwood lumber prices that applied in the first quarter, EUWID Wood reported. In...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, May 20-26, 2013: J-grade demand to decline slightly in...
Weaker lumber prices may hinder any further sawmill start-ups in North America, as reported by International Wood Markets. Until prices in North America stabilize, buyers in China and Japan are likely...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, May 27 – June 02, 2013: Top 20 softwood lumber...
Sawlog prices were up in practically all regions in the 1Q/13, but they were still generally lower than they were a year ago, as reported in WRQ report by Wood Resources International. The biggest...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, June 03-09, 2013: surging lumber prices in Japan;...
To stop long lasting deflation, Japanese government took monetary easing policy, which depreciated yen’s exchange rate sharply in short time, ITTO reported. The yen/dollar rate was 78 last autumn, now...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, June 10-16, 2013: lumber outlook, pellet and chip...
The 35,000 members of the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) produced 75.7 million m3 of softwood lumber in 2012 – 4.5% less than the year before, Holzkurier reported. A challenging...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, June 17-23, 2013: Asian market drives European...
Many sawmills in Northern Europe have expanded their lumber sales outside the Europe market the past few years resulting in an increase in non-European exports from 27% of total exports in 2007 to 43%...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, June 24-30, 2013: pellet trade growing but causing...
600 representatives of the Austrian paper industry took part in a demonstration in Klagenfurt, says Holzkurier quoting orf.at. The protest in the capital of Austria’s southern province of Carinthia was...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 01-07, 2013: Russian lumber exports to Japan to...
The Japan Foreign Timber General Supply and Demand Liaison Conference has released forecasts for timber imports in 2013, ITTO said. While total demand for logs in 2013 is forecast to be as much as it...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 08-14, 2013: improvement on the construction...
UK, Germany and the US have reported positive housing statistics recently. The UK’s largest builders group – the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) – says its latest state of trade survey shows the...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 15-21, 2013: sawmillers and pulp makers predict...
In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 0.3% in the Eurozone and by 0.2% in the whole European Union area in May 2013, compared with the previous month, according to first...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 22-28, 2013: industry holds against wide biomass...
British panel industry welcomes government’s decision to cut subsidies for biomass use in the energy sector, TTJ said. The Wood Panel Industries Federation (WPIF) and the British Furniture...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 29 – August 04, 2013: Energy demand for biomass...
Pellet imports from the US to Europe are still on an upward trend. According to statistics provided by Eurostat, in the first four months of 2013, import volume grew by 51% year-on-year to 756,789...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, August 05-11, 2013: Overcapacity hinders wood-based...
Austrian company Egger has published its outlook on the industry quoted by Holzkurier. According to Dr. Thomas Leissing, Head of Finance, Administration and Logistics, there is worldwide growth except...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, August 12-18, 2013: Further wood processing companies...
Competition in the further processed products has been intense recently. European producers of laminated flooring (EPLF) association expressed concern about competition from Chinese manufacturers in...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, August 19 – September 01, 2013: European pellet prices...
Pellet output in Germany in the first half-year amounted to 1.073 million tonnes (+2.7% year-on-year), Holzkurier said quoting German energy wood and pellet association (DEPV). Sawmill residues were...
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