Precious Woods boosts sales revenue and result

Northwest Russian sawmills reduced their sawn-softwood output in April 2022 by 15.8% against the same month of last year to 633,809 m³ (April 2021: 753,121 m³). Rosstat of Moscow had established a reduction of 14.8% for March to 652,334 (March 2021: 765,778 m³). After an increase of 3.6% to 604,204 m³ (Jan. 2021:...

In the second half of 2021, Spanish imports of hardwood lumber fell short of the previous year's volumes. An increase in oak lumber imports in the fourth quarter (+28% to 14,722 m³) only partially offset the decline in the third quarter (-44%). In the first quarter, imports had declined by 27%, followed by an increase...

The availability of unedged beech sawnwood at central European sawmills increased during the course of May 2022. The greater volumes of sawlogs provided by forest business units in March and April, improved the supply of roundwood as well as the cutting activity of a number of small and mid-sized sawmills. At least at...