West Africa: Logs & sawnwood FOB prices for Chinese market under pressure
European markets are uninspiring according to producers. FOB prices remain at the same level as in the past 2 months [...]
June 24, 2019
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Sweden: Collapse in softwood lumber exports to China compensated with booming deliveries to Egypt
Sweden increased softwood lumber exports to Egypt by 68.2% y-o-y in first quarter 2019 to 365.6 [...]
June 14, 2019
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Sawlog prices fell throughout the world in the 1Q/19
The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]
June 12, 2019
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EU tropical wood trade strong in the first quarter of 2019
The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first quarter this year compared to the [...]
June 3, 2019
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US/China dispute undermining confidence of African wood products traders
The likely impact of a prolonged trade dispute between China and the US is undermining the confidence of producers. [...]
May 27, 2019
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EU tropical timber imports rising since mid-2018
Total value of tropical wood imports into the EU increased slightly in 2018, although at a slower rate than imports [...]
May 17, 2019
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Antwerp to host this year’s International Softwood Conference
Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products, will be the host [...]
May 9, 2019
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Building on tropical hardwood’s construction potential
Advocacy for using timber as a mainstream modern construction material is increasing in Europe and other regions. Faced with the [...]
April 23, 2019
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Global sawmill sector’s shrinking profit margins in late 2018
Softwood lumber prices have generally fallen faster than the costs for sawlogs throughout the world in late 2018, resulting in [...]
April 16, 2019
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Trade impact of FLEGT licensing
Based on structured interviews with around 150 companies in the seven main EU markets for tropical timber products (Belgium, France [...]
April 16, 2019
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