The importation of logs and lumber by China over the past two years fell dramatically, reaching 12-year lows in 2023 due to the weak economy …

European sawlog prices plunged 12% q-o-q in the 3Q/23 with the largest declines in Central Europe The sawlog market in Europe has gone through a …

Sawmill down-sizing in British Columbia will create long-term opportunities for European lumber exporters to the US Canada is the world’s second-largest producer of softwood lumber, …

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Logging, forestry, and lumber and wood product manufacturing employment in Clatsop County fell slightly with the loss of 15 jobs. Employment was about about 6% jobs below its average of the past 10 years. Somewhat smaller harvests in the 1990s supported more than 500 jobs.

The softwood timber harvest in Germany is likely to reach almost 50 million m³ in 2020, about ten million m³ more than a typical year before the spruce bark beetle-infestation in 2018. In addition, Germany has harvested 6-7 million m³ of hardwood species annually for the past five years.

Strong lumber sales and a weakening US dollar moved sawlog prices upward in many markets worldwide in the 3Q/20. The most significant price increases occurred in Western US, Northern and Eastern Europe, and Oceania.