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Dynamics For Forest Skellefteå and Umeå, while SCA is located in Piteå municipality.

Industry The Swedish-Finnish company Stora Enso has two facilities
in Northern Finland.
Swedish forest industry trapped into challenging The report states that the Swedish wood products sector

situation is under pressure, and demand for wood products in the
Swedish forestry companies have had a tougher start to country last year was the worst since the 1990s.
2025 than expected, according to a report from the Swedish The construction industry in Sweden did not increase
Forest Industries Federation, which represents companies in as expected, and consumption that drives pulp and paper
the wood processing, paper, and wood mechanical industries. production has declined. An increasingly pressured profitability
The report points to a combination of higher costs and situation is starting to have consequences, which is particularly
lower demand, which has taken a toll on Swedish sawmills noticeable at sawmills, writes the Swedish Forest Industries
and pulp and paper producers. In addition, increased tariffs Federation.
create uncertainty, as well as the strong Swedish krone. "Deliveries of wood products to the Swedish construction

Sweden is one of the world's largest exporters of pulp, industry are comparable with the crisis in the 1990s. It is
paper, and sawn wood products. According to the Swedish clear that this is having a hard time on the wood industry,
Forest Industries Federation, more than 80 percent of the not least in combination with the high costs and competition
products are exported and the largest market is Europe. for raw materials," says market analyst for wood products
Several of the major forestry companies have production Christian Nielsen at the Swedish Forest Industries Federation
sites in Northern Sweden. Holmen's two sawmills are outside of in a press release.

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