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– Hardwood lumber markets in the UNECE region recovered slightly in 2010 compared to the year before after hardwood lumber consumption as well as output had fallen in 2009. According to the “Forest Products Market Review 2010-2011” published by the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO at the beginning of August 2011, the overall hardwood lumber consumption in the UNECE region rose by 0.7% in 2010 to 31.7m m³. In 2009, consumption had slumped by 24.3% against the year before. Output rose by 3.3% in 2010 to 33.2m m³ after a decline of 22.9% in 2009.
Development in the UNECE, which comprises a total of 56 countries, is being increasingly influenced by countries outside the UNECE, most notably China, which increased its imports of higher-quality hardwood logs and lumber from Europe and North America in 2010. This development continued in the early months of this year.
Hardwood lumber consumption in the subregion of “Europe” in 2010 increased by 6.7% against the year before to 13.4m m³ (12.5m m³). Output rose by 9.4% to 13.2m m³ (12.1m m³). Imports climbed 11.7% to 5.8m m³ (5.2m m³) and exports rose by 19.1% to 5.6m m³ (4.7m m³). Limited to the EU, hardwood lumber consumption increased 8.3% to 10.2m m³ (9.4m m³) last year. Production was 10.7% higher than the previous year’s figure at 9.5m m³ (8.6m m³). Growth of 12% was registered in imports to a figure of 5.3m m³ (4.7m m³). Hardwood lumber exports rose by 18.3% to 4.5m m³ (3.8) Mio m³. All the major European producer countries managed to increase their output last year. Turkey registered growth of 8.8% to 2.3m m³ (2.1m m³). At 1.8m m³ (1.7m m³), Romanian hardwood sawmills produced 2.9% more lumber than a year earlier. The French production volume was 1.5% higher than the year before at 1.4m m³ (1.4m m³). German hardwood sawmills raised their production volume by 6.6% to 1.2m m³ (1.1m m³).
The UNECE statistics show a 2% reduction in consumption for the subregion of “North America” to 16.4m m³ (16.7m m³). Output remained unchanged at 17.3m m³ (17.3m m³). An increase of 35.6% to 2.6m m³ (1.9m m³) was registered in exports and growth of 31.4% to 1.7m m³ (1.3m m³) in imports.
The subregion of “Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)” consumed 12.1% less lumber in 2010 than a year earlier at 2m m³ (2.3m m³). Lumber output remained unchanged at 2.8m m³ (2.8m m³). The regions lumber exports, however, fell by 45.1% to 927,000 m³ (639,000 m³). Imports increased by 16.9% to 132,000 m³ (113,000 m³).
31.08.2011
Roundwood/Sawnwood
- Prices for eastern Siberian larch lumber remain largely stable in August despite holiday season
- 10 % reduction registered in Russian lumber exports
- Felling in Russia in July 2011 lower than in June
- Northwest Russian spruce lumber continues to lose market shares within Central Europe
- Latvian roundwood exports increased by as much as 26.1%
- Felling practically no longer hampered by forest fires
- Finland: Growth recorded in softwood lumber output until June
- United Business Media takes over Ecobuild
- Finland: Log deliveries still below last year‘s level
- Softwood lumber shipments down in North America in the second quarter
- Further growth in softwood lumber output until March
- Brisk demand for logs keeping price situation largely stable in Austria
- Hardwood lumber markets in UNECE revived slightly in 2010
- Lumber exports recovered in second quarter 2011
- Structural panels production declined again in Q2
Wood products
Wood-based panels
- Latvian plywood exports still higher than this time in 2010
- Demand for radiata pine plywood bounces back slightly after summer holidays end
- FFIF: Finnish plywood output grew again
- North American OSB manufacturers enjoy significant increase in exports
- North American composite panels producers‘ capacity utilisation rates stay low
- Slowdown in deliveries continued in second quarter
- GreCon wood-based panels seminar in Hanover
- Demand for MDF/HDF has undergone slight post-holiday revival since mid-August
- IHD Dresden holding ninth wood-based panels colloquium
- Summer reductions push OSB prices below last year‘s level again
- Slump in German particleboard exports persists
Furniture
- Demand for bathroom furniture remained brisk in July/August
- Fittings manufacturers anticipate possible renewed downturn in export markets
- VdDK members‘ order value up 5% in first half-year 2011
- Kitchen furniture industry sales 6% up on last year until June
Building products
Construction
- Housing construction again shows satisfactory trend
- Japan: Residential building increases by 5.8 % in June
Trade
Companies
- Lammhults: Office furniture segment improves turnover
- Slovenian furniture producer Javor Pohištvo bankrupt
- Javor Group: Another subsidiary files for bankruptcy
- Alno granted initial loan of €3m by Müller‘s Comco
- Forte enjoys strong growth in Q1 revenues and profits
- Eggerath: Business operations continue with work force of 60
- Kinnarps Deutschland bundles production in Worms
- Looser: Results forecast for 2011 corrected downwards
- Klostermann Küchen still up and running for time being
- Lowe’s: Turnover and result stabilising again
- Home Depot recovers again in the second quarter
- BlueLinx: Downward trend continues in Q2
- Temple-Inland: Timber business continues to operate at a loss
- IP: Take-over offer now extended until September
- Metsäliitto: Paper activities impose a strain on result
- Start-up in Braviken imposes strain on Holmen result
- Kurekss new sawing line starts up in fourth quarter
- Södra: Fire causes stop in production at Mönsterås
- Lafarge divests itself of gypsum operations in Asia
- Delignit: Results back in the black in first half of 2011
- Rougier books slowdown in revenue growth
- Pfleiderer Grajewo improves result again
- Gascogne records increased turnover in the first half year
- Uzin Utz shows further growth in turnover and result
- Roseburg to close two plants in South Carolina
- Resopal improves turnover by 17% in first six months
- Raute back in the black in the second quarter