Price for lumber imported to India increased 6.3%.
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Sweden's construction industry association expects 31,000 homes to be started in 2026 and 31,700 in 2027, down from 33,500 and 35,900 in its March forecast.
Private forests supplied 4.0 million m3, 9.3% less than a year earlier.
The Polish wood flooring maker said it cannot guarantee workers' safety at its plant in Vinnytsia, which Russian drones hit in July 2025.
The family-owned company blamed a difficult economy; operations continue and its subsidiaries are not affected.
Compared with September 2025, production was down 4.9%.
The central bank raised its 2027 average key-rate forecast to 12.5%-13.5%.
The weekly figure counts pulp in Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses that can be delivered against SHFE bleached softwood kraft pulp futures.
The pulp maker skipped a $25.8 million interest payment on October 1 and is negotiating a recapitalization with bondholders.
Pellet prices jumped 38.5% from a year earlier, while softwood lumber prices slipped 0.8% from August; overall industrial producer prices rose 6.7%.
Housing permits, a guide to future construction, rose 25.8% to 21,607 units; January–August starts were up 11% from a year earlier.
Prices fell 4.1% from August but remained up 11.5% from a year earlier; Canada's broader factory-gate prices were up 14.5% year over year.
Purchases roughly doubled from August, while standing-sale prices for logs and pulpwood fell 1% to 4% from the previous month.
Slower than expected CLT market growth and rising wood costs pressured profitability; about 80 positions are affected.
The change aims to raise value from Holmen's own forest land and secure wood for its mills; no job cuts are planned.
Price for wood veneer exported from Chinese rose marginally 0.7%.
Thailand remained the largest supplier as its share fell 1.2 pp; Vietnam grew 37.6% and United States fell 24.5%.
Vietnam remained China's largest destination as its share fell 5.4 pp; Jordan's shipments rose more than threefold and Vietnam's fell 29.3%.
Annual growth trailed that of U.K. manufactured-products producer prices by 3.4 percentage points.
Vietnam remained the largest buyer as its share rose 0.3 pp; the U.S. share rose 1.6 pp.
Brazil remained the top supplier as its share fell 4.1 pp; Thailand grew 25.9% and Brazil fell 14.1%
Price for wood furniture imported to Switzerland increased 6.7%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp imported to China dipped 1.7%.
Price for plywood exported from Chinese increased slightly 0.6%.
Price for logs imported to China decreased slightly 0.5%.
Price for softwood logs imported to China gained 3%.
Vietnam remained the largest supplier as its share rose 2.7 pp; South Africa shipments grew 73.2% and Australia's fell 4.2%.
Price for softwood lumber imported to China rose marginally 0.2%.
A new production line at the Macon mill is designed to raise annual capacity and log recovery.
Price for plywood imported to the EU dipped 1.9%.
New Zealand stayed the largest supplier as its share rose 1.4 pp; Japan had the largest increase, with shipments up 18.1%
Imports from South Korea fell to 3,258 metric tons in the year to June 2025, or 2.5% of EU consumption.
Russia remained the largest supplier as its share rose 0.5 pp; Chile's shipments rose 1.5 times and Finland's fell 26.3%
Larch remains in short supply, while the construction sector is in its eighth year of recession.
Prices rose 2.3% from September.
The Swedish forest owners' association has also signed a logistics partnership.
Price for lumber exported from Latvian decreased slightly 0.5%.
Price for wood pellets imported to Poland grew 9.9%.
Laminated plywood for construction makes up the bulk of its shipments to the two regions.
New-home prices fell 2.7% from a year earlier.
Price for lumber imported to Italy slid 2.1%.
Imports of logs to the EU grew 9.8%.
Permits for new single-family houses were 7.8% higher and those for two-family houses 21.7% higher in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year.
The antidumping part is 6.40% after an offset for export subsidies, and the countervailing, or subsidy, part is 9.37%, up from 3.67% at the preliminary stage.
The weekly figure counts pulp in Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses that can be delivered against SHFE bleached softwood kraft pulp futures.
Price for lumber imported to Kazakhstan contracted 10%.
Imports of newsprint paper to Egypt rose 1.1%.
Vietnam remained the largest supplier as its share rose 8.3 pp; Canada had the largest decline, with shipments down 61%.
Vietnam remained South Korea’s largest supplier as its share fell 7.6 pp; China’s shipments rose 25% and Vietnam’s fell 25%
Price for lumber imported to the UK lost 6%.
Price for wood chips imported to the UK increased 33%.
Price for wood pellets imported to the UK slipped 3%.
Imports of wood chips to South Korea rose 3%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnamese to South Korea grew 6%.
Price for newsprint paper exported from South Korea slid 1.7%.
Price for wood pellets imported to South Korea lost 9%.
The preliminary administrative review covers one company and rescinds proceedings for four others, with final cash deposit requirements still pending.
A second phase is planned to increase annual production capacity to 100,000 m3 within six months.
Spruce pulpwood led the monthly gains, up 5.9% from July, followed by beech sawlogs, up 5%.
Softwood pulpwood fell the most, down 8.6% from July, followed by beech sawlogs, down 5.1%.
Building materials prices fell 3.8% year over year in August.
Price for lumber imported to Egypt rose 2%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp exported from Canadian dipped 2%.
Exports of wood furniture from Brazil fell marginally 0.9%.
Götaland records the largest monthly decline, while applications for montane forest felling increase.
Japan wood product prices were up 8.5% year over year in September.
September prices fall from June for spruce and pine sawlogs and pulpwood, led by pine pulpwood at 8.5%.
China had the largest increase at 9.1%, while Indonesia recorded the steepest decline at 33%
United States remained the largest buyer as its share fell 9.1 pp; Thailand's share rose 4.9 pp.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 6%.
Price for logs exported from Brazilian contracted 22%.
Corrugated paper edges up 0.2% on the previous ten days, natural rubber rises 1.3%
The weekly figure counts pulp in Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses that can be delivered against SHFE bleached softwood kraft pulp futures.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 1.3%.
United States remained Brazil's largest plywood destination as its share rose 3.7 pp; Netherlands shipments grew more than twofold and Dominican Republic shipments fell 3.2%.
Commerce must exclude Jiangyang Wood and Dehua TB from the hardwood plywood antidumping order and cannot reopen the record to calculate new rates.
The United States remained the largest buyer as its share rose 7.4 pp; Guatemala's purchases rose 19% and Peru's fell 36%.
Solikamskbumprom is seeking $245 million from a Chinese company as more than 10 creditors pursue bankruptcy claims.
South Korea remained the largest buyer as its share rose 1 pp; Peru's purchases rose 1.5-fold and U.S. shipments fell 62%.
China stayed the largest destination as its share fell 4.2 pp; Turkey's purchases rose more than twofold and Germany's fell 9.9%.
Exports of bleached hardwood kraft pulp from Brazil rose 5%.
Price for plywood exported from Brazilian gained 3%.
Price for lumber exported from Brazilian rose marginally 0.5%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 2.1%.
Price for newsprint exported from Canadian gained 1.5%.
Imports of plywood to the U.S. rose 1.3%.
Exports of logs from the U.S. grew 13%.
Exports of wood pellets from the U.S. gained 3%.
Price for softwood lumber imported to the U.S. dipped 1.1%.
Price for SYP lumber exported from the U.S. increased slightly 0.7%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Canadian expanded 21%.
Price for plywood exported from Malaysian to the U.S. slid 3%.
Price for plywood exported from Cambodian to the U.S. decreased 6%.
United States supplied 56% of Chile's plywood exports, Colombia's shipments rose 82%, and New Zealand's fell 24%.
Price for OSB imported to the U.S. dipped 1.8%.
Exports of lumber from the U.S. to Mexico rose 2%.
Price for logs exported from Canadian lost 13%.
Price for plywood exported from Russian to the U.S. rose 3%.
China took 62% of Chile's wood pulp exports, United Arab Emirates shipments rose more than threefold and Japan's fell 13%.
Beech pulpwood led the gains, up 6.3% from July, followed by spruce and fir pulpwood and groundwood (mixed price), up 1.8%.