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Text no.: 001 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Forest and wood industries investing more
heavily in developing long-distance logistics
In the last few months, numerous wood-processing businesses have increased their investment activity in the logistics sector and in performing log-distance transport. Besides handling current volumes of wood damaged by calamities, the primary... more 
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Text no.: 002 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Poland: softwood sawlog prices stable at high level
In March 2021, prices for softwood sawlogs sold in Poland by the state forestry administration Lasy Panstwowe (Warsaw) via the e-drewno internet platform remained generally stable at the level recorded in the preceding month. The average price... more
Text no.: 003 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Further price increase for lumber expected in Spain
In Spain, prices for imported softwood lumber are expected to increase further over the coming months. According to a statement, the association of Spanish timber importers and the timber industry (AEIM), Madrid, considers it possible that... more
Text no.: 004 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Italian timber construction impaired by price increases
In the last few weeks, businesses in Italy active in timber construction and the building industry in particular have been affected by the sharp rise in sawn softwood prices. Unlike pallet and packaging manufacturers, these sawn-softwood... more
Text no.: 005 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Intake stopped after fire at pulp mill in Frantschach
Shortly after the fire at the pulp mill of Mondi Frantschach GmbH on 29 April 2021, the wood-procurement organisation Papierholz Austria GmbH (both of St. Gertraud-Frantschach) notified suppliers that it was halting its wood intake. According... more
Text no.: 006 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Cool weather delaying
bark-beetle swarming
Owing to the low daytime temperatures and insufficiently high daily temperatures above the bark-beetle development threshold of 8.3° C, no significant bark-beetle swarming had occurred in Germany by the beginning of May 2021. According to... more
Text no.: 007 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Timber merchant appeals against teak judgement
After the judgement pronounced by Hamburg district court against a Hamburg timber importer on 27 April 2021, the company has lodged an appeal before the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH – Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe. This step was... more
Text no.: 008 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Pine longwood sections exceed €60/m³ ex forest again
Combined with a consistently high level of cutting activity amongst northern and eastern German sawmills, the significantly lower incidence of damaged spruce in the early months of 2021 is ensuring heavy demand for pine sawlogs. After the price... more
Text no.: 009 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Industrial softwood prices
stable or slightly rising
Until the beginning of May 2021, prices for most industrial softwood ranges were either maintained or slightly increased again in newly concluded contracts. Despite a high level of cutting activity in the sawmill industry and a correspondingly... more
Text no.: 010 Issue TS19/2021 Publication date: 12.05.2021
Planed lumber production: renewed double-digit rise
In the fourth quarter of 2020, production of planed softwood lumber in Germany increased by 18.6% vis à vis the preceding year to a volume of 1.372m m³ (Oct.-Dec. 2019: 1.156m m³). Following an increase in the single-digit... more
