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Text no.: 001 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Slower growth in the global market
for decor paper during last year
The upward trend that has lasted on worldwide decor paper markets (excluding China) since 2013 continued last year, albeit at a slower pace. According to Decor Paper Market Research 2017 completed by Ahlstrom-Munksjö Germany Holding GmbH... more 
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Text no.: 002 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Prices for Baltic softwood timber meanwhile
a little lower than those asked in third quarter
On the relevant sales markets in Europe and overseas, prices in current contracts for softwood timber made in the Baltic region and due for delivery by the end of the year are a little lower than those in the third quarter. Prices that had... more
Text no.: 003 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Estonia: Generally stable
softwood sawlog prices
In September 2018 softwood sawlog prices in Estonia remained generally stable at the level recorded in July and August. Vis à vis January, prices also remained virtually the same. In the following months prices had increased and then... more
Text no.: 004 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Demand for softwood sawlogs exceeding supply
In the Baltic states, demand for softwood sawlogs is currently exceeding the available supply. Logs arriving at Baltic sawmills, the majority of which are utilising their cutting capacity to the full in November, are mostly being fed straight... more
Text no.: 005 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Latvia: Further increase in roundwood prices
In the third quarter of 2018, prices in Latvia increased for all softwood roundwood ranges. By comparison with the second quarter, in which slight increases of 1-2% vis à vis the first quarter had been recorded, the upward trend... more
Text no.: 006 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Sharp increase registered in
sales rate in Poland this year
The Polish forest administration Lasy Panstwowe of Warsaw will supply 31.559m m³ (2018: 26.938m m³) of logs to the timber industry in the coming year; this equates to an increase of 17 %. Corresponding purchase contracts were... more
Text no.: 007 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
11% increase in Spanish
softwood lumber imports
In the second quarter of 2018 Spanish imports of softwood lumber increased by 11% vis à vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year to 259,914m³ (April-June 2017: 233,183m³). According to AEIM (association of Spanish... more
Text no.: 008 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Forestry companies expect
2.8m m³ storm-damaged wood
Storm Vaia, which hit the area on 28 and 29 October 2018, caused some 2.8m m³ storm-damaged wood in Austria, according to surveys of forestry companies so far. The areas suffering greatest damage were Carinthia at 1.5m m³ and East... more
Text no.: 009 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Sawmilling industry holding
cutting activity at a high level
Although business activity on the German softwood-timber markets has slowed slightly overall during the course of the last two to three weeks, producers believe the level remains satisfactory for the time of year. There has been no significant... more
Text no.: 010 Issue TS47/2018 Publication date: 21.11.2018
Pulp mills accepting up to 16 % higher prices
in follow-on contracts in spite of backlogs
Some initial regional forest businesses have concluded follow-on agreements with German and Austrian wood-purchasing organisations in November concerning deliveries of industrial beech in the coming year. In contrast, most regional forest... more
