Imbalance between strong demand, poor supply in China favors New Zealand log exporters
While most industry insiders were expecting flat or slightly export prices for May, New Zealand log export prices rose at [...]
May 13, 2021
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China will have a serious softwood logs supply problem starting 2022
Even if China increases imports from Europe and New Zealand, there will be a gap of of 8.66 million [...]
May 11, 2021
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Indian timber industry in crisis: liquidity crunch, fears of production suspension due to Covid-19 situation
India's biggest timber cluster at Kandla is staring at a dark future, with fears of production suspension, leaving workers [...]
May 11, 2021
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China: Log imports and prices rising high in Q1/2021
China's log import volume in the first quarter of this year was 14.95 million cubic meters, an increase [...]
May 10, 2021
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Global trade of wood chips dropped sharply in 2020
Global trade of wood chips, which are mainly used by pulpmills, grew from about 21 million tons in 2009 to [...]
May 10, 2021
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The global timber crisis is expected to continue for a long time
The global shortage of timber is getting worse. Due to the superposition of various factors such as strong housing demand [...]
May 6, 2021
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China: Prices for imported European spruce logs at record highs
For the Chinese timber import market, 2021 can be described as a crazy year. The prices of most wood species [...]
May 6, 2021
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Prices for New Zealand logs exported to China at record levels
The CFR prices for New Zealand radiata pine logs in China increased approximately 20 USD over the last month. The [...]
April 28, 2021
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International wood markets volatility
Over the last six months we have witnessed one of the most volatile periods in forest product markets we've [...]
April 28, 2021
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China’s softwood lumber import fells sharply in Q1/2021; inventories low
China imported approximately 4.13 million m3 of softwood lumber during January-March 2021. This means a reduction with 20 [...]
April 28, 2021
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