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Growth is back in Baltics, Poland and Russia

November 1, 2010 by timbercommunity

After some tough years, the economic crisis is over for the Baltic states, Poland and Russia,  at least in terms of growth, according to Nordea´s Baltic Rim Outlook. Estonia's forthcoming accession of the euro underlines that a new era has begun for the Baltics. Exports have initially been the main driver of the recovery, while growth in domestic economies varies considerably. Poland leads clearly and Russia is accelerating, while the Baltic countries are still struggling to boost domestic demand.

The Estonian forest sector in transition to sustainability

April 12, 2010 by timbercommunity

Capturing sustainability with the help of integrated assessment
This thesis has two main objectives. The first is to analyse the potential of existing assessment tools and methods to incorporate the different dimensions of sustainability in an assessment. The second is to apply some of these tools in a case study in order to determine how forest sector can better contribute to sustainable development in Estonia.

Timber and Forest Market report from Danske bank

November 28, 2009 by timbercommunity

Some of the conculsions in this report:

Sawn timber
• Swedish sawmills dominate in Europe
• The construction market start to takes off earliest next year
• Access the timber determines the European market

Timber and Pulpwood
• Nervous buyers drives higher prices
• Rörvik mess up the market with aggressive pricing

Real estate market
• Forest land prices are rising probably in the autumn 2010

Pulp market
• Higher pulp prices

 Interest rates & currency
• The Swedish crown is still undervalued