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Sawmills in China slowed down or stopped production in May due high costs of imported logs

In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]

June 1, 2020

Global demand for African tropical timber decreasing

Millers in West Africa have provided some comments on shipping opportunities and market developments saying they have been told ports [...]

May 29, 2020

Call for FLEGT measures to be extended and deepened

While there was broad support for the FLEGT process and the EUTR, there was also a call for the FLEGT [...]

May 25, 2020

Survey – Impact of pandemic on Gabon’s timber sector

The Minister of Forests in Gabon has issued a letter with wide ranging advice and guidance for timber companies whom [...]

May 11, 2020

Sharp drop in Chinese tropical log imports

Tropical log imports in the first two months of 2020 amounted 1.30 million cubic metres, down 26% year on [...]

May 8, 2020

Cheap bark beetle logs make Germany the second supplier of logs to China

China’s log imports in the first two months of 2020 totalled 7.73 million cubic [...]

May 4, 2020

Survey – Impact of pandemic on Ghana’s tropical timber sector

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures adopted to try and slow its spread are having a [...]

April 28, 2020

Impact of pandemic on African tropical timber market: survey, analysis and price info

Almost all African countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus and as the number of cases continues to grow more [...]

April 24, 2020

Coronavirus: Poor global supply causes rising timber import prices in China by 30%

In the recent period, coronavirus pandemic has reduced logging in many countries, overseas container costs and sea freight prices have [...]

April 14, 2020

Global wood industry companies react to the coronavirus threat

Wood business companies are responding to the threats of Coronavirus. Here is a tracking of the most recent developments: [...]

April 14, 2020

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