Search Results: 'PEFC UK'

Time to run a tight ship
21 August, 2019
Traders are in little doubt Brexit is hitting hardwood market confidence. Mike Jeffree reports

Brexit hits hardwood
15 May, 2019
Brexit and a global slowdown are creating competitive conditions in the UK hardwood sector. Mike Jeffree reports.

Unbowed by brexit
12 February, 2019
Regardless of political and economic uncertainty, some hardwood traders are still budgeting for growth. Mike Jeffree reports

Globalised hardwood market brings pressures
27 August, 2018
In the words of one importer, global demand for hardwood of all kinds is on the rise, and the UK trade has to deal with the consequences. Mike Jeffree reports

No Brexit Big Bang
20 February, 2017
The UK hardwood sector says the EU referendum complicated trade, but had minimal impact on overall sales last year. Mike Jeffree reports

Further Whitewood price increases expected
20 February, 2017
Timber exports from the Baltics to the UK increased in 2016 but further price increases for whitewood are widely being mooted for Q2, reports Stephen Powney

No records broken but budgets met
24 February, 2016
The UK hardwood sector may be dealing with numerous issues besides buying and selling timber, but reports business as relatively stable through 2015. Mike Jeffree reports

“Steady as you go” for Asian traders
19 October, 2013
There’s been little change in the prices or volumes of Asian timber for months, and the trend is expected to remain flat for the rest of the year

Hardwood sector moves to a better place
05 October, 2013
The consensus is that the hardwood market is turning around and traders are happier with business levels. Mike Jeffree reports

Banking on boring
15 June, 2013
The UK hardwood sector remains a tough place to be, but traders report signs of greater stability. Mike Jeffree reports

A year of two halves
29 November, 2012
The British-grown timber sector is thankful it had a good start to the year because the second half has been pretty disappointing. Sally Spencer reports

Prices slip as markets quieten
01 September, 2012
European demand for softwood has weakened, but so far prices in the UK have held up. An upswing in North American prices has raised hopes at sawmills in the US and Canada, but mills supplying European markets are still treading water

Russian mills raise their game with quality supply
29 October, 2011
Demand for Russian timber is holding up in a tough global market, and what many mills are supplying is top quality

Price and demand trends could lead to Baltics shortages
16 April, 2011
Sterling’s weakness against the euro has pushed up the cost of imports from Baltic sawmills and most north European producers. Faced with increasing sawlog and transport costs, shippers expect prices to increase on a monthly basis for the foreseeable future

"Control volumes at all costs", shippers told
24 January, 2009
As the new year’s trading gets under way there is no sign of any improvement in the market, and sterling's falling value is not helping Baltic shippers

Fencing weathers falling market and rising costs
02 August, 2008
The fencing frenzy of last year has given way to a market where demand and prices are depressed

Far East enjoys stability in uncertain market
07 June, 2008
In contrast to their West African counterparts, prices have remained relatively firm for Malaysian and Indonesian exporters of timber and plywood

Production sufficient to supply lower demand
16 February, 2008
There is little movement in the plywood market as last year’s overbuying in response to supply concerns has left little appetite for forward purchasing now

Joiners keep watching brief on uncertain economy
19 January, 2008
Business is steady in the joinery sector although companies are well aware of the delicate balance of the economy

Finland looks for alternative supplies
19 July, 2007
A shortage of supply, which will only worsen when Russia raises its export duties, is forcing Finland to look for other sources