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A Summary of the Global Forest Industry: H2 2025
The second half of 2025 brought a mix of stabilization and continued uncertainty across global forest products markets. While pricing indicators...
Forest Products
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Middle Eastern Conflict Could Accelerate Changes in Global Softwood Lumber Trade Flows
Within less than two weeks of the Iran-Israel-US conflict, the broader impact is already disrupting shipping, causing turmoil in oil and energy...
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How China’s Pulp Overcapacity Is Impacting the Australian Wood Chips Market
For more than a decade, Australia has been a significant supplier of hardwood and softwood chips to North Asia’s pulp and paper producers. Strong...
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EUDR 2026: Industry Perspectives on What Comes Next
As the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) moves toward its revised implementation date of December 30, 2026, industry associations are...
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Housing Supply Headlines: What a Step-Up in Starts Could Mean for Lumber, Logs, and Residuals
Any credible push to expand US homebuilding has immediate implications across the building materials complex. Recent headlines suggesting that major...
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Germany’s Softwood Log Market Tightens as Prices Rise and Trade Shifts
Germany remains one of Europe’s most influential forest products markets. As the backbone of domestic sawmilling and a key driver of regional trade...
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North America’s Lumber Market Heads into 2026 with Tighter Supply and Uncertain Demand
The North American lumber market closed out 2025 at a crossroads. After prolonged pressure from high interest rates, affordability challenges, and...
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Reviewing ResourceWise’s 2025 Forest Products Industry Predictions
Each year, ResourceWise publishes a set of predictions outlining how we expect the forest products industry to evolve over the coming year. As we do...
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A Comprehensive Review of the Pulp, Paper, and Forest Products Industry in 2025
The global pulp, paper, and forest products industry entered 2025 amid continued uncertainty—but exited the year fundamentally reshaped. What...
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ResourceWise’s 2026 Pulp, Paper, and Forest Products Industry Predictions
The pulp, paper, and forest products industry endured another year of uncertainty and significant change in 2025. From new tariffs and widespread...
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Navigating the Shifting Landscape of North America’s Softwood Log Market
North America’s softwood sawlog market is undergoing significant change as economic pressures, environmental priorities, and new policy decisions...
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EUDR Compliance Is Achievable — and U.S. Forest Products Companies Are Already Proving It
Across the U.S. forest products industry, one question keeps coming up: “Can American supply chains actually comply with the EU Deforestation...