Timber & materials/prices
West Fraser plans indefinite curtailments at two US mills
West Fraser plans to curtail its Leola lumber mill and Huguley OSB mill in the fourth quarter, citing weak construction and renovation demand.
Selected section
Timber & materials/prices
Timber supply, input costs and alternatives.
26 editor-reviewed updates · newest first
Timber & materials/prices
Canada announces C$11 million for Conifex sawmill upgrades
Funding for Conifex’s Mackenzie operation in British Columbia includes C$10 million repayable and C$1 million non-repayable support for kiln, transfer-system and production upgrades.
Timber & materials/prices
ONS sawn-wood import index edges higher in September
The ONS sawn and planed wood import-price series rose to 147.4 in September from 146.8 in August. It is a broad timber indicator, not a pallet-price quotation.
Timber & materials/prices
England spruce surveys identify 26,000 tonnes for potential removal
First-year assessments covered more than 2,450 hectares, with landowners planning proactive felling to reduce bark-beetle risk.
Timber & materials/prices
New Zealand log prices improve, but contractors face fuel and freight pressure
New Zealand’s forestry contractors’ association reports stronger export log prices and harvesting activity, while warning that higher diesel and freight costs continue to squeeze contractor profitability.
Timber & materials/prices
Norwegian sawlog prices fall again as timber harvest holds steady
Norway’s Agriculture Agency reports falling sawlog prices through the third quarter, while measured timber harvest reached 10.45 million cubic metres, broadly matching the previous year.
Source Norwegian Agriculture Agency (Landbruksdirektoratet)
Original date 13 Oct 2026
Read the original update ↗
Timber & materials/prices
Government updates monthly building materials and components statistics
The Department for Business and Trade refreshed its monthly building materials and components statistics collection, the official series that tracks UK price and availability indices for construction materials including sawn wood and wood-based panels. Pallet makers use the series as a published reference point for input-cost movement rather than a pallet-specific price.
Source GOV.UK (Department for Business and Trade)
Original date 16 Sept 2026
Read the original update ↗
Timber & materials/prices
UK timber and panel imports stayed below last year through the first half of 2026
Timber Development UK reported that the combined volume of the UK's main timber and panel product imports was 3.9% lower in the first half of 2026 than in the same period of 2025, with solid wood down 4.7% and panel products down 2.5%. A March and April improvement did not hold, with May volumes 8% below a year earlier. Figures are TDUK's own statistics.
Timber & materials/prices
Guidance updated for professional operators issuing plant passports and ISPM 15 marks
GOV.UK updated its guidance on registering as a professional operator to trade in wood, issue plant passports and apply ISPM 15 marking. Registration and authorisation are the route by which UK wood packaging producers gain the right to heat-treat and mark pallets for export.
Timber & materials/prices
Forestry Commission sets publication date for UK-grown timber and trade statistics
The Forestry Commission published a statistics release announcement for the UK-grown timber and trade chapters of Forestry Statistics 2027, the official source for domestic roundwood production, sawmill output and trade volumes that underpin pallet timber supply.
Timber & materials/prices
ONS publishes July 2026 producer input-price figures
The Office for National Statistics published its July 2026 producer-price release, covering changes in materials and fuel costs bought by UK manufacturers and factory-gate output prices.
Timber & materials/prices
Forest Research opens its forestry workforce census
Forest Research asked forestry and wood-processing businesses to take part in its workforce census, the official data-gathering exercise behind published estimates of employment across UK forestry, harvesting and sawmilling — the labour base that supplies pallet timber.