Companies want third parties to conduct forest assessments instead of relying solely on state-controlled Roslesinforg and seek protection from lease termination over delays or quality disputes.

Friday's $13 drop was the steepest session of the week, the fourth straight day of declines.

Spruce and fir pulpwood and groundwood (mixed price) led the gains, up 1.5% from June, followed by spruce and fir pulpwood, up 1.3%.

Exports of lumber from New Zealand fell marginally 0.6%.

Price for logs exported from New Zealand upped 3%.

Notified area for January-August was 9% below the same period last year.

Oak sawlogs led the monthly gains, up 6.8% from June, followed by beech pulpwood, up 2.1%. Beech sawlogs recorded the biggest monthly decline, falling 8.6% from June.

Imports of wood furniture to Switzerland stayed flat.

Residential permits fell 8.9% from the previous month, with the single-family component down 6.2%.

The seven-year facility will provide liquidity as the lumber producer plans to restore two-shift operations.

Six-colour offset press added in Indianapolis; upgrades planned in Chicago and Naperville.

Permits for new single-family houses were 10% higher and those for two-family houses 25% higher in the first seven months of 2026 than in the same period last year.

The projects could create more than 200 jobs and add annual demand for over 100 thousand tonnes of forest biomass.

Standing-sale log prices were unchanged for softwood logs and up 2% for birch, while pulpwood prices moved no more than 1%.

Single-family starts rose 7.6% from July.

Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper plans boiler and chemical-plant upgrades expected to raise daily kraft production by 11% and increase its use of forest biomass.