Price for sawlog exported from Germany to China expanded 7%.
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Delivery and commissioning is planned for summer 2024.
Price for logs exported from Brazil contracted 19%.
Price for logs exported from Canada contracted 15%.
Sweden's area notified for felling in February 2024 decreased 25%, compared to the same month 2023. The area regarding applications for permits for final felling in montane forests decreased to barely one seventh, compared to the same month last year.
Hampton Lumber opposes Oregon's Habitat Conservation Plan to reduce timber harvests by 34%.
In December 2023, the value of roundwood purchased from private owners in Slovenia decreased both at the monthly and at the annual level.
The average price for the logs added 0.5%.
After the test phase of the EU Deforestation Regulation revealed glaring deficiencies and showed that implementation according to current specifications is not possible, the Associations are calling for a change of course.
Imports of wood increased by 5% compared to the monthly average for the year 2022. The most important source of imported wood in December 2023 was Estonia (42%).
Price for logs imported to Japan grew 10%.
Denominated in Euro, earnings increased by Euro 0.1 billion from the previous year and were the highest ever in Euro terms.
Softwood log inventory increased.
Price for logs exported from Japan dipped 2%.
All Metsä Forest Eesti AS employees will transfer to the new owner’s service as existing employees.
The last year commenced with robust exports, however the latter part of the year saw a marked decline.
Price for logs exported from New Zealand gained 1.4%.
Finland's wood trade picked up in January 2024. The volume of industrial timber purchases was 7% higher than a year earlier and exceeded the average for January of the previous five years by 3%. Compared to the previous five years, trade in logs increased by 7%, driven by pine logs.
In 2023, the Södra Group’s net sales amounted to SEK 28,896 million ($2.7 billion), compared to SEK 33,367 million ($3.2 million) in 2022. Operating profit totalled SEK 2,226 million ($213 million).
Imports of logs to European Union lost 24%.