Why Europe still buys Siberian larch? Properties, supply overview

Russia holds roughly a fifth of the world's forest area, and for two decades one species from that vast resource dominated Europe's timber facades: Siberian larch. Dense, cheap for what it offered, and shipped west in enormous volumes, it became the default cladding board from Norway to the Netherlands. Then, in 2022, the trade stopped almost overnight — and the European market has been improvising ever since.