Energy producers taking over price leadership

In the course of May and June 2022, individual Austrian wood-based panels manufacturers and pulp mills have raised their purchasing prices for industrial softwood and industrial hardwood. Some of these price increases have been implemented within the scope of still-pending talks on follow-up contracts. In some cases,...

The concerns repeatedly expressed in spring 2022 about a bottleneck in the supply of industrial hardwood from autumn at the latest have become greater over the last few weeks. As yet, there are no discernible indications of significant timber-harvesting measures or thinning operations taking place in hardwood stands...

Despite slight increases until March 2022, roundwood prices in Estonia remained well below the peak figures reached in September 2021. According to the monthly price statistics published by the Estonian state forestry administration RMK (Tallinn), an average price of €91.52/m³ ex forest track had to be paid for pine...