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19.01.2022
Roundwood/Sawnwood
- US sawnwood prices above US$1,000 again
- Slight decline registered in white oak prices in USA
- Chilean lumber exports decline again
- China’s phytosanitary regulations for pine updated
- Price trend confirmed by further whitewood contracts
- Virtually no change in softwood lumber production
- Sharp reduction in German softwood-sawlog exports
Wood-based panels
- First breakbulk ship from Brazil set to dock in Bremerhaven in early February
- Chile: decline for plywood exports continues
- EU starts settlement of duty-free quota
- Maritime pine plywood producers consider further price increases in spring
- Prices for okoumé plywood recently maintained
- Particleboard manufacturers managed to raise their prices again at the start of 2022 after all
- EPF general meeting to take place in Ghent in 2022
- Methanol contract price increased slightly after all
Furniture
Construction
- Building starts in Spain increase by one-fifth
- US housing starts reach highest level in many months
- France: construction of detached houses rises by 6%
- Euroconstruct adjusts construction forecast upwards
- Sharp decline in approvals for detached houses
People
Companies
- Palmberg achieves turnover growth of 6.7% in 2021
- AFI board examining options for selling the company
- Former Steinhoff CEO Jooste: Court confirms insider trading
- Schilliger building bigger CLT works in Volgelsheim
- Binderholz completes takeover of BSW Timber
- JGA orders TC progressive kiln from Valutec Group
- Junnikkala gives concrete shape to plans for new sawmill
- UPM Plywood: wage agreement allows 24/7 production
- Greenlam aiming to treble total sales revenue in five years
- Strike action at several UPM-Kymmene works
- Dieffenbacher forecasting strong growth in revenues
- Raw particleboard production in Zary halted for three month
- Egger Group raises EBITDA margin to 24.2%
- PwC to sell off Lechner production assets
- Egger Group’s investments increase again by one-fourth
