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Central/West Africa: Downward pressure on FOB tropical logs prices

Central/ West African producers report a slight easing of sawnwood and log FOB prices (Euro basis) being offered by buyers [...]

December 6, 2018

EU tropical timber imports recover some lost ground in the third quarter

EU imports of tropical wood products dipped sharply in 2017 and started this year very slowly but recovered some lost [...]

December 3, 2018

423 million m3 of wood harvested from worldwide FSC certified forests

A recent analysis across FSC forest management audit reports revealed that approximately 423 million cubic meters of wood are harvested [...]

December 3, 2018

Rougier to sell Rougier Sylvaco Panneaux to French Malvaux Group

The Rougier Group entered into exclusive negotiations with the Malvaux Group to sell 100% of the Rougier Sylvaco Panneaux’s [...]

November 26, 2018

Downward trend in Sweden’s softwood lumber exports; deliveries to China and Egypt drop sharply

During January-September 2018, Sweden has exported about 7.4 million m3 of softwood lumber. This represents a -2% decrease [...]

November 13, 2018

Challenges of the European tropical timber market discussed at conference

The EU’s Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition held its annual conference in Paris on 26 September. The conference highlighted the [...]

November 6, 2018

Ghana’s exported wood products prices in October

Prices for Ghana's exported wood products are the following between 1-15 October 2018. Boule [...]

October 23, 2018

Gabon: All concessions need to be FSC certified by 2022

The President of Gabon has announced that by 2022 all forest concessions in Gabon will have to be certified by [...]

October 22, 2018

Russia, Germany and the Nordic countries boost lumber exports; high demand in Asia and Europe

Worldwide trade of lumber inched up again in early 2018, hinting that this may be another record year. Six of [...]

October 5, 2018

Indian Greenply to build a plant in Gabon

Greenply Industries Ltd., a major company in the Indian plywood industry, has made an initial investment of €11 million in [...]

September 26, 2018

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