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New Zealand radiata pine will enter the Chinese market in large quantities in the next 3-5 years

The radiata pine plantations planted in New Zealand in the mid-to-late 1980s have now entered into a maturity [...]

May 15, 2019

New Zealand and China sign forestry cooperation arrangement

New Zealand and China signed an arrangement this week for future forestry cooperation and boosting bilateral trade. [...]

May 13, 2019

Antwerp to host this year’s International Softwood Conference

Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products, will be the host [...]

May 9, 2019

XLam to close New Zealand CLT plant

The CLT manufacturer XLam announced that it will close its New Zealand plant in Nelson. As [...]

May 8, 2019

The price of New Zealand’s logs dropped in April as uncertainty in the Chinese market grows

The price of logs transported to the ports around New Zealand dropped by an average of NZ$7 in April [...]

May 7, 2019

Building on tropical hardwood’s construction potential

Advocacy for using timber as a mainstream modern construction material is increasing in Europe and other regions. Faced with the [...]

April 23, 2019

Global sawmill sector’s shrinking profit margins in late 2018

Softwood lumber prices have generally fallen faster than the costs for sawlogs throughout the world in late 2018, resulting in [...]

April 16, 2019

Uncertainty in China log market lowers prices for New Zealand’s logs exports

At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for logs delivered to ports around New Zealand decreased on average 7 NZD per JASm3 [...]

April 11, 2019

IKEA tests furniture rental in 30 markets

IKEA will expand tests to allow customers to rent desks and sofas rather than buy them as it shifts away [...]

April 5, 2019

New record in Chinese softwood log imports; New Zealand, top supplier

China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, when over 40 million m3 of logs landed at [...]

April 1, 2019

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