Price for wood pellets imported to the EU gained 4.5%.
Holzpellets
The United States remained the largest supplier, while Canada's shipments climbed 68.3% from a year earlier.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 2.4%.
The hardwood processor plans about 30 jobs in the first phase and 100 within three years at the Vrbovsko site.
Peace River grants of $13.0 million helped narrow the loss, and the company expects softwood pulp prices to rise modestly in the fourth quarter.
The family-owned group needs several profitable years before it can fund the Kinnared project, its sawmill chief says, and has set no new date.
Production grew 10% from a year earlier and from the second quarter, with 91% of the pellets made from sawmill residues.
Most of the money, C$4 billion, would finance large new mills and biorefineries through a new fund at Export Development Canada.
The United Kingdom stayed the largest buyer as its share rose 11 pp, France's purchases grew more than twofold and Japan's fell 42%
The United Kingdom stayed the largest buyer as its share slipped 4.2 pp; Italy's purchases grew 730-fold while Denmark's fell 33.8%.
Adjusted EBITDA fell to $98.1 million on weaker lumber results, and the company expects challenging conditions through the balance of 2026.
Vietnam remained the largest supplier as its share fell 4.9 pp; China’s shipments rose 13-fold and Canada’s fell 17.7%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnamese to Japan gained 1.8%.
Price for wood pellets imported to Germany grew 8.3%.
The second phase covers the sawmill and log yard and is due in the fourth quarter of 2026; output is set to reach about 220 million board feet a year.
Prices rose 2.3% from September.
Price for wood pellets imported to Poland grew 9.9%.
Vietnam remained the largest supplier as its share rose 8.3 pp; Canada had the largest decline, with shipments down 61%.
Price for wood pellets imported to the UK slipped 3%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnamese to South Korea grew 6%.