Moody’s: High lumber prices in 2018 to outweigh cost of US duties, benefiting North American producers
Sustained high lumber prices in 2018 will cover the cost of final duties imposed by the US government on Canadian [...]
November 29, 2017
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Global softwood sawmills register strong earnings
The US South was the highest margin sawmill region in North America – a place it has held since 2008 – as [...]
November 27, 2017
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Quick overview of this year’s International Hardwood Conference
Venice hosted the most important hardwood lumber conference in the world, on the 16th of November. More than 150 people [...]
November 22, 2017
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Changing competitive landscape of China’s wood market
In 2016, China’s commercial timber trade volume (including logs and sawn lumber) was about 160 million m3, of which [...]
November 14, 2017
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Chinese hardwood chips imports to hit new record
Roughly half of all hardwood chips traded in the Pacific Rim have been destined for Chinese ports in the 1H [...]
November 14, 2017
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International Hardwood Conference next month in Venice
Hosted by Italy's Fedecomlegno Federation in association with the ETTF and European Organisation of Sawmillers, an International Hardwood Conference [...]
October 25, 2017
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US tropical sawnwood now account for 30% of total sawn hardwood imports
US imports of temperate and tropical sawn hardwood grew slightly in August to 72,278 cu.m., but the value [...]
October 23, 2017
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FSC and global companies unveil the Vancouver Declaration
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) this week launched an ambitious new initiative to increase [...]
October 12, 2017
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FSC’s General Assembly undertakes global challenges
With growing momentum and urgency behind calls for forest conservation, the diverse membership of the Forest Stewardship Council will meet [...]
October 10, 2017
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Australian log exports to China tripled over the last four years
Lucrative log markets in China have resulted in a tripling of softwood log export volumes from Australia the past four [...]
October 2, 2017
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