Supercharge your
Timber Exports with
Market Data, Automation
& Outsourcing
"I like the layout of graphs and the easy access to different topics."
It helps me analyse and benchmark our markets in Asia versus eg US , MENA and Europe. I like the layout of the graphs and the easy access to different topics.
Håkan Persson
Managing Director, SCA wood hong kong ltd
"Out-of-the-box approach in analysing and condensing relevant global Sawnwood market information"
Timber Exchange presents a fresh, out-of-the-box approach in analysing and condensing relevant global Sawnwood market information. Additionally, webinars with focus to various markets outlook help you gain insight into latest market trends. I look forward to witnessing future development of this market intelligence service.
Jarkko Taskinen
Manager, Strategy Development
"I enjoy the seminers and take great interest in the information that is accessible for the website."
I enjoy looking at the information on exports from Finland and Sweden which give me an idea of what is going on in the market place, when I speak to customers in the UK. I enjoy the seminars and take great interest in the information that is accessible from the website. I like that fact that you guys have a great platform with a lot of interesting people around the world.
Amanda Adams
Sales Director, Stag Softwood
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Support your strategic decisions with monthly Market Data
Complete Market data on productions, inventory, logistics, prices and consumptions
News on Global Timber Market
Forestry & Timber, Shipping & Transport, Business & Economy, Construction & Infrastructure & Politics.
Join Us Live
Interviewing market leaders form the world to give you first-hand insights
Sawmilling in Scandinavia & Central Europe and Analyzing Global Timber Markets
Live on
February 28, 2023
3 PM CET
Olle Berg & Gregor Triltsch
Setra Group & Pfeifer Holz, EVP of Market & Business Development, Sales Director
Timber & Technology Podcast
Keep track of this zone for intriguing conversations with global leaders in the timber industry and related fields.
Why Timber Exchange?
Built for improving transparency, efficiency and accountability
Automate compliance, legal, logistics and coordination processes with your clients globally
Advanced Supply Chain Tools
Become a digital leader by offering digital customer-service. Let your customers enjoy proactive and self-service when & where they need it
- Manage Deals, Negotiations & Payments
- Issue, Draft, Edit, Upload & Approve Documents
- News, Reliability Data, Statistics & Analytics
- Track Responsibilities, Smart Updates & Task Sharing
- Track Goods & Couriers
Improve productivity
50%
Smart compliance tools help your business save
€321,000
per year
B2B Timber Marketplace
Easily manage a structured global sales and tendering process. Offer timber directly to top companies globally
Sawmills that implement Timber Exchange make
€3,200,000
more per year
- Incoterms
- Payment terms
- Goods details
- Pictures of goods
- Visibility options
Market Data Hub
A quantitate layer to support your decision-making on how the global timber supply chain is performing on a monthly basis from production to consumption of timber.
The Market Data Hub helps sawmills achieve
€2,100,000
net price
- Production Data
- Inventory Data
- Trade-flow Data
- Consumption Data
- Price Data
Sawmills that implement Timber Exchange see upto
Trade Finance
Let us manage your
trade-finance & trade-compliance
Timber Cargo Inspection
Receive an audit report of your sawn timber. Our inspection includes tolerance in thickness and width to moisture, commentary on defects and comprehensive set of photos.
Letter of Credit Beneficiary
Outsource the whole L/C process from LC and document drafting to remittance. When the documents are submitted successfully & funds released, the full payment will be forwarded to you for less than a nominal fee.
Shipping Document Compliance Review
Outsource management of shipping document compliance throughout the L/C process, from drafting L/C terms until compliant documents are submitted for a fixed fee.
Legalization
If you require legalization of your invoice or certificate of origin in a consulate, send us your documents and we will assist you.
Benefits of the platform for different users
Our mission is to digitize the global timber supply-chain, enhance cross-border collaboration and automate the most time-consuming process facing companies today.
Exporters
- Simplify access to new markets
- Quicker way to calculate CFR price and send offers
- Trade and Tender products and Tender and book freight in one place
- Overview deal data and updates internally and with partners
- Automated process to generate documents and share/collect deal data
- Manage Colleagues and their activities
Forwarders
- See and participate in more freight tenders
- See how freights offers are being used by customers
- Receive instructions and issue documents quicker with decreased risk of mistakes
- Ability to inform shipment parties about changes
- Monitor how clients shipments are performing
- Analysis of business and supply-chain performance
Importers
- Find approved and established producers
- Improved collaboration with partners
- Simplified process to import products
- Ensure compliance of company responsibilities and procedures
- Monitor shipments and supply-chain performance
- Improved company management and analysis
Bank/Journalist/ Consultant
- Access monthly-updated timber market data
- Track 100+ market indicators
- Get access to the latest timber market news
- View live & recorded timber & technology webinars
- Monitor timber industry performance across key market players
FAQ
Learn more about how Timber Exchange works
General
Timber Exchange is a modern partner for companies producing, trading, importing or consuming softwood timber. We are aligned with your goals and want you to compete globally.
We actually want you to:
- Now what is happening in the timber markets around the world
- Diversify your supply-chain to work with new reliable partners
- Automate repetitive and non-value-adding tasks
- Have support staff available on-demand at your disposal to complete any compliance or finance related tasks in case of sickness, holiday or vacancy in your own team
By choosing Timber Exchange you compete better thanks to;
- Global market data:monthly data from top timber markets on production, inventory, shipment, price and consumption levels.
- B2B Marketplace: A smart module and single channel to send and receive offers in a structured and compliant way. Allowing you to reduce emails and control visibility. This can be used privately only with existing partners.
- Automation:Automate the majority of compliance, legal and coordination processes between your company, freight forwarder and client or supplier. 100+ tools available in 5 languages covers everything from contract drafting to customs declaration and shipment tracking. Customized for the unique needs of the timber industry allows benefits and deployment to be achieved in hours instead of months.
- Professional Services: Outsource document review, cargo inspection or L/C management to our in-house team.
The Timber Exchange platform is your personal smart assistant; therefore, we only charge a fixed rate, which ensures no hidden charges or commissions for using the platform.
You can track 20 couriers, 60 container lines and 18000 bulk vessels seamlessly in one dashboard.
No, sawmills or traders that subscribe to automation tools can invite their clients and freight forwarders free of charge.
However market data or professional services are add-ons, they are not included.
Inside the platform its very easy to invite colleagues or partners by sending an email invite. The invited party only needs to fill in their name and password. No additional cost is required.
If they are already registered you just need to search for them.
Market Data
We cover over 100+ market indicators across production, inventory, export, consumption and price of softwood sawn timber globally in key timber markets like Sweden, USA, China, Egypt, Japan & many more.
The data comes from a variety of sources including public, private and proprietary.
Absolutely no!
Our price data inside the market data is based on surveys with leading industry players.
Price and other confidential trade data is encrypted, our team is not able to access this.
Supply Chain Automation(Privacy)
Price and other confidential trade data is encrypted inside the platform, our team has no access to this. To ensure data protection, we are following the GDPR regulation.
B2B Marketplace
The B2B Marketplace is a single channel to send and receive offers in a highly organized and compliant way. You can control the visibility to manage who should receive this offer, such as: only 1 specific partner, 5 specific partners, all your partners.
According to the last count in early 2022, the combined annual volume of wood produced, transported and consumed by the companies registered in Timber Exchange exceeds 40 million cubic meters annually.
Inside of the B2B Marketplace, there is a submodule “High-Trust Network” reserved for the most reliable and established companies globally. The benefit of being part of the “High-Trust Network” allows your company to place public offers that are visible to other approved companies which have also passed rigorous review.
Entry to the “High-Trust Network” is reserved and cannot be purchased under any circumstances. Admission is subject to approval on a case by case basis by our membership committee consisting of life-long industry professionals from leading companies globally. To be admitted the following is required;
- Passport copy of company owner
- Company registration certificate
- Photos of premises
- Copy of Bill of Ladings or invoices proving long-term and significant market activity
- Interview or on-site visit
All provided documentation will be deleted immediately after a decision is taken.
Simply do not apply to join. But if your company is part of the “High-trust Network”, your account admin can control which users in your organisation will have access.
No, because Timber Exchange is a private solution to track markets, streamline tender processes and automate your supply-chain, it is not a public marketplace or directory.
If you are part of the “High-Trust Network” it's possible to create public offers to buy or sell timber visible to other companies with the same membership level, but you will not know who has been notified of your offer. You will only know who they are if they choose to reply to your offer.
Get access to latest news, reliability data, and statistics of the timber industry
Keep up with company, product, event announcements as well as industry news covering the whole timber supply chain.