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Congo basin member states to ban timber exports

In a bid to stimulate the production of timber to the GDP of Central African States, members countries of the [...]

September 29, 2020

EUTR and FLEGT are causing market shifts

The European timber trade regulation EUTR and the FLEGT agreement concluded with Indonesia are causing market shifts to a certain [...]

September 24, 2020

Moody’s: Outlook for global forest sector turns positive, boosted by timber and wood products

The overall outlook for the global forest products industry has been changed to positive from negative, reports Moody’s Investors [...]

September 18, 2020

China: Prices of imported lumber in September 2020

The tables above contain the latest price data of different imported lumber assortments at several Chinese markets. [...]

September 11, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on the EU tropical wood market varies across member states

The impact of COVID-19 on imports of tropical wood and wood furniture on individual EU27 countries has varied widely [...]

September 8, 2020

Interview with Michael Snow: Impact of Covid-19 on hardwood exports to China

Where does the global wood industry go in the post-pandemic era? This is a topic that most professionals in [...]

September 3, 2020

China’s imports of logs crash in the first half of the year

China’s log imports fell sharply in the first half of 2020 to 24.51 million cubic metres valued at [...]

September 2, 2020

Covid-19 downturn in EU27 tropical imports may be less severe than forecast

The downturn in EU imports of wood and wood furniture products during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]

September 2, 2020

European infested softwood disrupts the Chinese timber supply chain

In the first half of 2020, the total import and export volume of my China's timber and wood products [...]

August 25, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic expected to further slow the global construction activity

Global construction activity contracted across all region in Q2 due to the lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID [...]

August 11, 2020

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