Transport packaging

Some German pallet producers have taken the increase in road tolls on 1 December 2023 and the price increases announced by suppliers for pallet blocks and individual sawn-softwood assortments as their cue to hold out the prospect of price increases for their customers, too. However, no specific statements have been...

A rather slow pace of general economic activity on the German domestic and export markets in June and until the middle of July 2023 is still holding back demand for flat wooden pallets at the beginning of the third quarter, too. Holiday-related factors had already been contributing to further strengthening the trend...

After price hikes were implemented on the market concerning deliveries from 1 March, manufacturers are already alluding to further markups in the near future. In cases where contracts with terms of more than one month are negotiated, prices well above €20 are already being discussed again for standard pallets....

Further decay in pallet prices due to reduced raw-material costs...