Spain: increase in softwood lumber imports intensifies

At the end of 2022 and the beginning of the current year, sawmill equipper Simon Möhringer Anlagenbau GmbH (Wiesentheid) was commissioned by three northern Italian softwood sawmills to supply equipment within the scope of modernisation and expansion investments. In all three cases, commissioning is to take place in the...

In January 2023, the USA imported a total volume of 689,262 m³ (Jan. 2022: 228,709 m³) softwood lumber from Europe. Compared to the same month of the previous year, this represents a threefold increase in volume, while imports from Canada fell by 3% to 2.094m m³ (2.159m m³). Imports from Europe as a proportion of total...

The Swedish sawmill industry has started 2023 with comparatively lively production activity, according to surveys by the Swedish Forest Industries Federation (Skogsindustrierna), Stockholm. In addition to sufficient roundwood supply, below-average stocks of finished goods are also enabling full utilisation of...