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China appears to be tackling the problem of illegal timber and logging in a new forest law

In an encouraging move with the potential to create transformative market change, China recently amended its Forest Law to include [...]

January 23, 2020

Global output of wood products is at 70-year high

The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood-based panels have surged [...]

January 6, 2020

Profit margins for sawmills in Finland at lowest levels in 15 years

The financial health of the world’s lumber producers was mixed in the 3Q/19. The gross margins fell in [...]

December 17, 2019

Moody’s forecasts positive outlook for the wood products sector in 2020

-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will increase by [...]

December 16, 2019

STTC Conference considers links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification

To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from the synergies between the [...]

December 10, 2019

Bark beetle infestation and storm damaged timber in Europe rapidly changing global trade flows

Up to the end of October, European log exports to China imports were a whopping 5.6 million m3. The [...]

December 4, 2019

IHC 2019: Hardwood industry marked by trade tensions and general economic slowdown

On November 20-21 the 2019 edition of the International Hardwood Conference (IHC) took place in Berlin. The international meeting [...]

November 26, 2019

Pace of growth in EU tropical timber imports slows in the third quarter

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first nine of months of 2019 than [...]

November 18, 2019

ISC 2019 story 1: Is the bark beetle crisis the new ”normal”?

On October 17 and 18, 2019, the 67th International Softwood Conference took place in Antwerp in the Radisson Blu Astrid [...]

November 11, 2019

China: Price index for imported sawn timber

This price guide contains the most update prices of imported sawn timber at main distribution markets in China. [...]

November 7, 2019

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