Exports of logs from Japan lost 11%.
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Price for logs exported from Brazil expanded 28%.
Modernization targets maximized lumber yield and grade recovery through AI-powered defect detection.
Price for logs exported from the U.S. expanded 5%.
Contracts cover logging 5.4 million m3 of wood and restoring 6,600 hectares across 229,000 hectares of forest.
Pine timber in southern Sweden sees largest reduction of SEK 130 ($14) per m3.
Leader of Russia’s largest forest industry company warns of a coming wave of bankruptcies.
Wood panels gain 0.5% month-on-month, while lumber and finished products record monthly declines.
Price for logs imported to Japan upped 5%.
Fuelwood value jumps 86% year-on-year as monthly purchase total grows 10%.
From January to November, total industrial roundwood harvest reaches 56.2 million m3, increasing 2% from the previous year.
Imports of logs to China added 0.2%.
The price for logs exported from Lithuania dipped 0.3%.
Weaker market sentiment drives lower import prices, while port activity and inventory levels remain stable.
Total industry revenue reaches $12.4 billion, split nearly evenly between contract and non-contract logging, as expenses fall for the second consecutive year.
Price for sawlog imported to Finland slipped 4%.
Price for logs exported from Germany increased 7%.
Price for logs imported to European Union added 0.3%.
Price for logs exported from Norway slid 1.4%.
Total notified and applied felling area reaches 21,315 hectares; montane forest permit applications fall 13% year on year.