At the members' meeting of the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) on 24 June in Amsterdam, the current market situation and the outlook for the rest of the year were intensively discussed. In the member countries, business has been very good in the first and partly also in the second quarter, this is especially true for the building industry as a buyer, as well as for construction timber, solid wood and planed products. The DIY market, on the other hand, was described as declining; this was reported particularly by the members from Spain and France, but certainly also applied to ...