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Wood products exported from Ghana drop sharply in Q1/2016

The total volume of Ghana's Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) approved export contacts in the first quarter 2016 was [...]

July 19, 2016

Central/West Africa: Convergence of factors drives sapele and sipo sawnwood prices lower

An unexpected ‘wobble’ in the market has resulted in prices for sapele and sipo sawnwood dipping sharply. The volatility in [...]

July 18, 2016

UK sanctions traders of Cameroonian timber under EUTR

The UK Authorities charged with enforcing the EU timber regulations (EUTR), have taken action against 14 UK importers sourcing timber [...]

June 30, 2016

Central/West Africa: Sawn okoume coming back into fashion

Central/West African producers report that trading conditions in the second quarter were quiet but satisfactory. Looking ahead to the [...]

June 29, 2016

Angola: 57 million m3 exploitable timber potential

Angola has an exploitable timber potential estimated at 57 million m3, out of which 340,000 m3 are in natural [...]

June 17, 2016

FLEGT licensing in Ghana and Indonesia close to operational

In May, the European Commission (EC) published a comprehensive independent evaluation of theEU FLEGT Action Plan. The Plan encompasses the [...]

June 16, 2016

Central/West Africa: Demand trend shifts to quality rather than pursuit of lowest price

Log prices were unchanged throughout May in Central/West Africa and show no signs of movement even though there are [...]

June 13, 2016

Rui Correia the new CEO for Sonae-Arauco

Further to the completion of the strategic partnership between Sonae Indústria and Arauco for the European and South African [...]

June 10, 2016

Value of softwood lumber exported by Sweden and Finland to Egypt dropped 50% since 2014

The countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa, the MENA region, have become a major destination for European softwood [...]

June 10, 2016

The global forest industry in the first quarter of 2016

Relatively small adjustments in both exchange rates and in log prices in local currencies, resulted in the smallest quarter-to [...]

June 6, 2016

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