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Text no.: 001 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Demand for beetle-damaged wood currently
surpassing volumes cleared by forest owners
In spite of an anticipated incidence of around 66m m³ of damaged softwood in Germany and up to 60m m³ in the Czech Republic in 2020, in recent weeks, a growing discrepancy has become noticeable between demand for spruce sawlogs and... more 
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Text no.: 002 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
USA’s sawnwood imports from Europe boosted 79 %
At a total of 711,126 m³ (July-Sept. 2019: 397,464 m³), the USA imported 79 % or 323,662 m³ more sawn softwood from the EU )including the UK) in the third quarter of 2020 than they did in the same period of last year. Owing to... more
Text no.: 003 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Demand for roundwood exceeding supply in Belarus
Roughly 10m m³ of roundwood worth BYR731m (roughly equivalent to €261m) were sold via the Belarusian commodity futures exchange in the first ten months of 2020. According to the press release issued by the commodity futures exchange... more
Text no.: 004 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Poland: lumber production
recovers up to September
In the third quarter of 2020, production of softwood lumber in Poland increased slightly vis à vis the preceding year to 717,000m³ (July-Sept. 2019: 707,000m³). The increase, however, was only partially able to compensate for... more
Text no.: 005 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Latvia: roundwood
prices largely stable
In the third quarter of 2020, prices for softwood sawlogs and beech sawlogs in Latvia remained virtually unchanged compared to the preceding quarter. The price trend for softwood sawlogs recorded in the second quarter therefore continued.... more
Text no.: 006 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Sweden’s planed product and pine exports down
The flattening of the Swedish sawmilling industry’s export activity already noticeable in July 2020 continued in August. At a total of 820,000 m³, the exports of sawn softwood and planed products were roughly on par with a year... more
Text no.: 007 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Another rise in Södra’s prices
for spruce sawlogs
Södra AB of Solna, Sweden, put up its prices for spruce sawlogs by SEK30/m³ and the price for small-diameter assortments by SEK25/m³ with effect from 2 November 2020. Södra had already raised its prices for spruce sawlogs by... more
Text no.: 008 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
Sweden: Trämarknaden to be
held as podcasts in 2020
Due to the corona pandemic, the "Trämarknaden", traditionally held in Karlstadt, Sweden, in mid-November are being held in the form of various podcasts this year. According to a release issued by Swedish Wood, the marketing and... more
Text no.: 009 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
British lumber production declines further
Last year, British sawmills processed a volume of 6.227m t (2018: 6.647m t) roundwood into 3.410m m³ (3.618m m³) softwood lumber. The cutting comprised 5.883m t (6.322m t) so-called home-grown softwood harvested in British and... more
Text no.: 010 Issue TS47/2020 Publication date: 18.11.2020
UK transposing EUTR and FLEGT into national law
The UK will be transposing the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) and the EU Action Plan Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) into national law from 1 January 2021. Following the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January... more
