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In May 2021, all world sawn timber markets were still experiencing a strong imbalance with a significant excess of the demand over the supply and low stocks. This was mainly conditioned by the stimulating measures to support the...

The increased demand for OSB and plywood is traditionally conditioned by the construction season. Despite the rise in prices of these products, the demand on the part of traders, construction companies, and buyers is not declining since the...

In January-July 2021, Russia increased its plywood export volume by 12.9% YoY, reaching 1.835 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. In value terms, for the reporting period, Russian plywood supplies increased by 48.5%...

OSB output keeps growing in Russia In 2020, it grew by +18% compared to 2019. Increased production volumes at Kronospan Ufa, Kronospan Yegoryevsk and Kalevala DOK were the major contribution to this output growth, with small-capacity plants doing...

The production output of MDF/HDF, fiberboard (all types of fiberboards) reached 3.7 million m³ (-4.5% vs 2019). If we exclude the mature segment of the wet-processed fiberboard from the calculations, the production output of MDF/HDF and dry-processed fiberboard as...

Segezha Group (MOEX: SGZH), a leading vertically integrated holding company in the timber industry performing a full cycle of operations from logging to advanced wood processing, announces its operating and interim consolidated IFRS financial results in 1H 2021....

According to TransLes analytics center, during 1H 2021 railway timber transportation experienced growth due to an increase in demand for timber and pulp & paper products both in external and domestic markets. As a result, the total volume...

The price of OSB has increased 510% since January 2020, exceeding the peak price increase in lumber by nearly 180 percentage points in the USA, as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported. Although plywood panel prices have substantially...

Malaysia continues to see an upward trend in the rate of Covid-19 infections with 17,045 recorded in one day in late July, the highest ever in a day since the pandemic hit the nation. The cumulative total infected...

In 1H 2021, Sveza’s sales volume was 655,000 m³, which was 7% higher than in 1H 2020. During the reporting period, the company produced 662,000 m³ of products, exceeding the figures for the same period last year by...

Pulp Mill Holding intends to invest more than 160 billion rubles in the modernization of its Russian production facilities. The priority of the strategic agenda of the holding activity will be a new large-scale investment project – construction...

In 1H 2021, the volume of wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 3.2% YoY, reaching 1.049 million tons, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation. The value of foreign supplies increased by 30.2%...