China: Many timber processing plants in Guangdong cease production
Many timber processing plants in Guangdong Province have stopped or limited their production recently due to local environment protection policy [...]
November 18, 2019
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US investigates imported Vietnamese plywood
The import tariff on Vietnamese plywood in the US market is in range of 0–8%; meanwhile, the anti-dumping [...]
November 18, 2019
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ISC 2019 story 3: China-Engine of the worldwide timber industry starts to give signs of failure
Between 16 and 18 October 2019 the 67th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held in Antwerp in the [...]
November 14, 2019
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Low prices for Finnish pine sawn timber in China
According to some Chinese importers, a large number of new Finnish pine sawn timber products will enter China's market [...]
November 14, 2019
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B.C. forest industry trade mission finds new markets in China
B.C. forest products continue to find a growing market in China as diplomatic tensions with Canada have eased. [...]
November 14, 2019
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Downward trend in U.S. softwood lumber production; Canadian output continues falling trend
U.S. sawmills produced 23.737 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first eight months of 2019 [...]
November 14, 2019
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Södra seeks to invest in additional cross-laminated timber (CLT) production capacity
Södra Wood will invest into a pilot plant for CLT production. The idea behind the [...]
November 14, 2019
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ISC 2019 story 2: Canadian lumber industry in crisis after crisis; U.S. lumber supported by rising construction sector
On October 17 and 18, 2019, the 67th International Softwood Conference took place in Antwerp in the Radisson Blu Astrid [...]
November 12, 2019
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Finland: Prices of logs expected to drop sharply this year and in 2020
Due to the downward trend and lower production volumes in Finland's wood products industry, the average stumpage prices of [...]
November 12, 2019
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Slowdown in U.S. furniture imports as shipments from China crash
U.S. furniture imports fell in the first half, a result of a double-digit drop in shipments from China [...]
November 12, 2019
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