German plywood importers expect for 2012 considerable increases in plywood prices, firstly due to higher cargo rates on imported plywood, secondly due to higher raw material prices.
Already in March, different shipping companies announced an almost doubling of cargo rates from Asia to Europe. Considering the historical low cargo rates, this should not come as a surprise, commented an importer. The cargo rates are... [more...]
At the ZOW Supply Fare for Furniture Industry in Bad Salzuflen, when considering this new year, the exhibitors are confident to a large extend. This good mood is based upon the German prospering economy. A lot of them are expecting for 2012 to have a moderate to considerable growth. The impulse has been given... [more...]
„German soft wood lumber products, even on domestic markets are not competitive any more“. The participants to the first softwood conference „Forum Nadelholz“ in Frankfurt deemed the situation of the sector as absolutely dissatisfactory. Thereby, the participants consider the demand on the export and especially on the domestic market not to be the decisive factor, but the considerably... [more...]
Half of the German sawmills expect a deterioration of the log supply and rising log prices (on average by 12 percent) up to 2015. This is one of the results of a new survey of the consultancy Schwaerzer & Partner from Munich presented at the 2012 sawmill congress of the association of the German sawmill and wood industry, VDS. At the same time, 46 percent of the respondents indicate that they intend to increase their production volume by an average of 15 percent. [more...]
In Germany, continuing warm weather conditions force sales of pellets down. Across the board, pellet producers reported a significant reduction in sales volumes. "At these temperatures, people simply need less", a manufacturer's declares unemotionally. Drop in demand vary within a wide range of 30 to 70 percent in January compared to the usual sales. [more...]
Non-integrated manufacturers of finger-jointed squares and beams (KVH) currently seems to have a price advantage. They can use special offers in raw squares of a few large sawmills and so reduce prices for KVH products. In the face of the high log prices, price query for November and December in KVH surprises with low results. Official price lists show still € 290/cbm (6er bars), but many manufacturers report lower prices. [more...]
The forestry will raise prices once more or save at least steady prices. The wood products and pulp industry seek a clear price correction. After initial price negotiations in pulpwood for new annual contracts have failed, positions of the two parties are a long way away from each other. [more...]
"We will beat the Swedes", by these words Herbert Körner and Dr. Ute Seeling provoked the rivlary between the KWF Conference 2012 and the Swedish Elmia Wood. The forest contractor and the director of the Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik (KWF) assume the upcoming conference in Bopfingen to be the biggest forestry equipment event worldwide. [more...]
Following a partial recovery of the markets for sawn softwood in 2010, and fairly good sales in the first half of 2011, the markets for sawn softwood production and consumption have slowed down again, tempering the expectations for 2011 and 2012, in particular in Europe, as delegates at the 6 th International Softwood Conference held in Copenhagen on 20 and 21 October 2011 reported. [more...]
Oak log exports to China show a heavy drop in the August figures of the German federal statistical office Destatis. In August, Germany exported just 400 cbm Oak to China, a decline of 88% from the previous year. Demand of the timber industry in China has dropped sharply. Volumes intended for export in the hardwood season 2010/2011, were still offered to German sawmills in the past few weeks. [more...]
