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Text no.: 001 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
US group Masco seeking a buyer for
kitchen furniture, window and door operations
The US consumer goods producer Masco Corp., based in Livonia, Michigan, is set to part ways with the two smallest of its four divisions: its kitchen furniture business, which is grouped in the Cabinetry Products division, and window, door,... more 
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Text no.: 002 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
US sawn softwood imports down by 11 % in Q4 2018
The USA imported a total of 8.277 m³ (Oct.-Dec. 2017: 9.265m m³) of sawn softwood during the course of the fourth quarter of 2018, roughly 11 % less than in the same period of the year before. Whereas imports from Canada fell by 14 %... more
Text no.: 003 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
58.1m t of wood damaged by
hurricane “Michael” in Florida
Hurricane "Michael" caused a total of roughly 58.1m t of damaged wood in the forests of Florida after it hit dry land with wind speeds of up to 250 km/h on 10 October 2018. As such, the scale of the damage is less than had been... more
Text no.: 004 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
Beetle-damaged wood in Czech
Republic estimated at 30m m³
The research institute Czech Forest of Kostelec nad Cernými lesy, Czech Republic, is reckoning with at least 30m m³ of beetle-damaged wood in 2019. The Czech ministry of agriculture had originally been working from the assumption of... more
Text no.: 005 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
Finland: 10-12% increase
in softwood sawlog prices
In 2018 the average prices for softwood sawlog ranges in Finland increased by 10-11% vis à vis 2017. According to the latest statistics of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, the average standing price for pine... more
Text no.: 006 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
Poland: softwood sawlog
prices start to rise again
In February 2019 prices for pine and spruce sawlogs in Poland increased vis à vis the preceding month. The figures recorded nevertheless fell short of the pine sawlog price recorded in November (PLN269/m³) and the spruce sawlog... more
Text no.: 007 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
15% increase in Russian exports to China
In the fourth quarter of 2018 Russian softwood lumber exports to China increased by 15% vis à vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year to 4.446m m³ (Oct-Dec 2017: 3.853m m³). The increase rate was therefore... more
Text no.: 008 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
British lumber imports
increased by 10%
In the fourth quarter of 2018 British imports of rough-sawn and planed softwood lumber increased by 10% vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year to 1.466m m³ (Oct.-Dec. 2017: 1.338m m³). In the first and third quarters... more
Text no.: 009 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
Beech sawlog exporters’ interest in extra volumes low
Exporters selling beech sawlogs to China have been showing scarcely any interest in additional volumes in February and March. In many cases, the accepted volumes have been limited to the those under contract. Only one or two China exporters... more
Text no.: 010 Issue TS12/2019 Publication date: 20.03.2019
First deliveries under new industrial-wood contracts
It is beginning to emerge that growing numbers of forest businesses are going to be able to fulfil their delivery obligations for industrial hardwood from 2018 in the next few weeks. Correspondingly and to an increasing extent, forest... more
