Tag: prices

U.S. softwood timber prices continue to climb

Compared to the price one-year-ago, of US$402 mfbm, last week benchmark softwood timber item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was selling for US$944 mfbm which is +$542, or +135% more. Unstoppable demand over the Holiday Season pushed prices...

Roundwood prices rise in Finland

The price of logs kept increasing in standing sales in November 2020. The average price for pine logs was € 56.2 per m³ and the price for spruce logs was € 60.6 per m³. This was 3-5% more...

Russian Timber Journal 08-2020: Ranking of Top 100 Russian timber industry companies in 2019: slowing down as global economy growth decelerates; interview with Management at Metadynea – Russia’s largest synthetic resins producer; the Russian wood-based panel sector is trying to recover from the recession of the coronavirus crisis

Russian Timber Journal 08-2020: the total revenue of the Top-100 forestry companies in 2019 amounted to RUB 1.19 trillion, which in current prices is only 0.44% more than in 2018, and this is the minimum growth rate over...

Swiss pellet prices show an upward trend in August 2020

The pellet prices in Switzerland are rising more clearly in August 2020. On average, they reached a value of CHF 350.4 / t (+ 1.9%) as compared to July 2020. The ups and downs that began in May are now...

In April 2019, Segezha Group raised prices for plywood products for the first time

Segezha Group’s entry into new markets, the onset of the construction season, the active development of multi-storey construction in Asia and the middle East has allowed the company in April this year to raise prices for a number...

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: the eight-year work of the existing head of Rosleskhoz was assessed as unsatisfactory; WhatWood summarizes the preliminary results of the LPK for 2018; the company “Solikamskbumprom” took a loan of 27 million euros; Segezha Group completed the design of a new pulp and paper mill in the Krasnoyarsk region; prices and volumes of production of LPK in Russia for 4Q 2017-2018

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: summed up the first results of the LPK for 2018; basic prices for round wood and lumber; prices for the products of LPK in Russia for 2017-2018; exchange rates to the US dollar from...

Russian Timber Journal №09-2018: new Strategy for the Development of the Forest Industry of the Russian Federation until 2030, investments in fixed assets of Russian timber industry companies increased by 55% in 1 H 2018

The government approved the Strategy for the Development of the Forest Industry of the Russian Federation until 2030 By the decree No. 1989-r dated September 20, 2018, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the Strategy for the...

Russian Timber Journal 07-2018: WhatWood interview with Ali Kiliç, General Director of Kastamonu in Russia; the minimum growth rate of sawnwood exports from Russia in the last seven years; and sawn softwood exports from Russia to China, Japan, Europe by producers

The devaluation of the ruble has led to a deplorable state of the already unsteady economy in our country. However, the reliance on import substitution stimulates domestic enterprises not to stop in development. And while large companies continue...

Russian plywood and panel industry in 2015-2016: financial status and capacities

We publish the abstracts of WhatWood’s chief editor Kirill Baranov presentation at the conference “Panel industry of Russia”, which was held by the editorial board of the journal LesPromInform in October 2016 at Lesdrevmash Expo. During this time...

WhatWood Russian Monthly Lumber Report #15 (Oct’ 2016): seasonal decline of wood supplies; tough competition in Egypt; export seasonality

Read in the latest issue of our monthly review of Russian sawmilling industry WhatWood Russian Monthly Lumber Report #15 (October 2016): Seasonal decline of timber supplies to lumber mills in late September and October has resulted in decrease in production...

In Q1 2016, Russian softwood lumber exports reached a historic high of 5.2m m3

In March 2016, the sales of softwood lumber from Russia to foreign markets grew by 32% (m/m), or by 5.5% year on year to 2.2 million m3. The value was $256 million, which is 30% higher than last...

WhatWood: in February 2016, softwood lumber exports from Russia grew 29% to 1.7 million m3

In February 2016, deliveries of softwood lumber from Russia to foreign markets rose by 29% (m/m). On the annual basis, exports also increased by 6.7% to 1.7 million m3. The value of exports amounted to $198 million, which...