Tag: lumber

WhatWood analysts: Lumber exports from Russia in the first half-year of 2013 grew 6%

Lumber export from Russia in the first half-year of 2013 amounted to 9.93 million m3, which is 6% higher year-on-year. Export value increased by 4% to reach $1.71 billion, as analysts of WhatWood News & Analytics reported. China...

Global Trends Review, July 22-28, 2013: industry holds against wide biomass use in energy sector; Japan pushing domestic woodworking

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 Confederation (BFC) have both campaigned against government support for power...

Lumber production in Russia fell 2.6% to 10.2m m3 in the first half of 2013

In the first half-year, lumber production in Russia declined by 2.6% year-on-year down to 10.2 million m3. Plywood production increased by 3.8% to 1.7 million m3, fibreboard production declined by 9.8% to 202 million nominal m2. Paper output...

UPM sells Pestovo sawmill in Russia to Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompanya LLC

UPM has signed an agreement on the sale of Pestovo sawmill with Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompanya (LIK) LLC, as the Finnish company said in a press release. The parties have agreed not to disclose the sales price. UPM announced...

Global Trends Review, July 15-21, 2013: sawmillers and pulp makers predict volatile but better market environment in the second half-year

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 estimates released by Eurostat. With...

Softwood lumber exports to Egypt

An insight into an important sales market of Russian lumber producers in today’s infographics. More details are published in the recent WhatWood Weekly issue. Russia competes mainly with Sweden and Finland on the Egyptian lumber market. Recently, due...

Global Trends Review, July 08-14, 2013: improvement on the construction market; second biofuel generation coming

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 net balance for workloads, expected...

Global Trends Review, July 01-07, 2013: Russian lumber exports to Japan to grow 9% in 2013; EUTR changing EU plywood market

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 was in 2012,...

Global Trends Review, June 24-30, 2013: pellet trade growing but causing controversies; companies choose various strategies to tackle weak demand and wood shortage

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 directed against the planned biomass plant in particular...

Global Trends Review, June 17-23, 2013: Asian market drives European sawmilling, first wooden skyscraper planned to be built in Sweden

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% in 2012, as reported...

Lumber imports to Japan: volumes and prices

Today’s infographics is dedicated to the market of imported softwood lumber in Japan: major commodity streams and price dynamics are presented. You can learn more on Japanese lumber import volumes and prices for planed and non-planed lumber of...

Lesosibirsk LDK to launch new sawmilling complex

The official opening ceremony of a new sawmilling complex at Lesosibirsk LDK-1 (Krasnoyarsk region) is scheduled for 20 June. Annual raw wood consumption at the mill will grow to Russia’s record 1.5 million m3. Until recently, the mill...