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Coronavirus disrupts wood trade in China and starts to shake the global wood industry

As the coronavirus is spreading throughout China, there are many fears that the virus could disrupt the wood [...]

February 17, 2020

Global wood consumption in 2019, the lowest of the decade

The growth in global wood consumption has increased by only 0.3% in 2019, the lowest rate in [...]

February 4, 2020

Fears of wood supply chain problems in China due to the outbreak of coronavirus

There is industry concern that if the virus were to infect more people in coastal towns and cities [...]

February 3, 2020

Study: Buildings can become carbon sink if wood replaces cement, steel

Replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood could avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production and [...]

January 30, 2020

Sawmill closures in New Zealand as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices

Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]

January 27, 2020

Global softwood lumber production is forecast to grow by 1.6% in 2020

In reviewing 2019, where Europe is grouped as “one region,” the five largest producers are Europe, the U.S., Canada [...]

January 14, 2020

Forecast: Global lumber demand trends in 2020

Many in the industry will not remember 2019 positively. Simply put, most global markets were awash in wood, and all [...]

January 10, 2020

New Zealand log export prices on the rise in December

The CFR sale price for A grade logs in China remained in the mid US$120s range per m3. At [...]

January 10, 2020

Global lumber market trends in 2020

In North America at least, 2019 will be remembered as the hangover from the 2018 first-half price spike that [...]

January 7, 2020

Global output of wood products is at 70-year high

The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood-based panels have surged [...]

January 6, 2020

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