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  • Dezembro 17, 2020 09:21

Indonesian plywood producers handle difficult market circumstances

Due to the container scarcity as well as a noticeable lack of orders from Europe Indonesian producers of premium plywood tend to focus more on the local market these days. So far this strategy enables them to maneuver the current situation while still... [mais...]

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  • Dezembro 16, 2020 10:47

Malaysia: First half wood product exports better than expected

The Malaysia Timber Industry Board (MTIB) has reported on the export performance of the timber industry in the first half of the year to see the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on exports...... [mais...]

  • Relatórios Especiais
  • Dezembro 11, 2020 14:05

DACH: log and lumber prices follow demand upwards - at an individual pace

The strong local and global demand for sawn timber in the DACH region is largely responsible for the – partly long-awaited – increase in prices for roundwood. While increases in the high single-digit to low double-digit range are currently being reported for spruce from Schleswig-Holstein via Bavaria to Tyrol and... [mais...]

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  • Dezembro 10, 2020 14:06

European sawn hardwood production forecast to fall this year

After a period of stability between 2016 and 2019, when sawn hardwood production in EOS member countries fluctuated between 5.44 million cu.m and 5.54 million cu.m, EOS forecasts production will fall by up to 25% to around 4.10 million cu.m in 2020, before rising around 20% to 4.79 million cu.m in 2021. The forecast refers to total production in the 11 European countries in the scope of EOS: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Latvia, Norway, Romani and Sweden... [mais...]

  • Vírus Corona
  • Dezembro 08, 2020 11:39

German packaging industry sees negative consequences of the corona crisis

According to the latest quick survey by the German Association for Wood Packaging, Pallets, Export Packaging (HPE), the prospects for members of the industry have deteriorated. In particular, the worsening sawn timber situation, rising roundwood prices and the lack of predictability in view of the second part of the coronavirus lockdown are affecting almost exclusively small and medium-sized family businesses in the industry...... [mais...]

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  • Dezembro 08, 2020 09:43

A forte demanda contínua eleva os preços da madeira na América do Norte

O início da construção de moradias nos EUA foi praticamente estável em 2019. Nesta época do ano passado, as vendas de madeira serrada melhoraram acentuadamente e os preços começaram a subir de níveis bastante baixos. Com o início de 2020, os dados sobre a construção de casas nos EUA foram muito melhorados em relação ao ano anterior...... [mais...]

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  • Dezembro 07, 2020 12:03

Continued strong demand sends North American lumber prices higher

U.S. housing starts were mostly flat in 2019. At this time last year, softwood lumber sales improved markedly and prices started to rise from quite low levels. As the beginning of 2020 came on, the data on U.S. home building was much improved over the previous year, sending demand for construction framing dimension softwood lumber higher...... [mais...]

Relatórios Especiais
  • Relatórios Especiais
  • Dezembro 07, 2020 10:43

China-Europe container crisis escalates putting pressure on wood prices

The China-Europe container crisis has escalated over the past week, with container prices reaching new highs, while the container availability in China remains at record lows. China's exports recovered progressively from the COVID-19 pandemic, and after a pause caused by lockdown measures in Europe... ... [mais...]

  • Vírus Corona
  • Dezembro 04, 2020 09:45

German furniture exports impacted by pandemic

In the German furniture foreign trade, the consequences of the corona pandemic made themselves felt in the first nine months of 2020. Compared to the previous year, German furniture exports fell by 7.3% to € 5.2 billion. Double-digit losses were recorded in business with Great Britain, the USA, Spain and Poland, among others. In contrast, exports to Switzerland (4.3%) and China (7.7%) increased...... [mais...]

  • Vírus Corona
  • Dezembro 03, 2020 10:37

Ghana’s wood product export volume down 30% in Q1-Q3 2020

Ghana’s wood product export volume for the first three quarters of 2020 was well below that of the same period in 2019. The total volume shipped in the first three quarters of the year was 159,432 cu.m...... [mais...]

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