Northwest Russian sawmills’ output decreased by 15.8%

In the first quarter of 2022, Latvian exports of rough-sawn and planed softwood lumber decreased by 9% vis à vis the preceding year to a volume of 685,100 m³ (Jan.-Mar. 2021: 750,800 m³). The export value, however, increased by 36% to €252.5m (186.3m). According to the figures published by the Forest Department within...

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...