Substantial growth in China’s tropical sawnwood imports from Brazil
Thailand still is the main tropical sawnwood exporter to China. China’s tropical sawnwood imports from Thailand in 2018 were [...]
April 24, 2019
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US DoC to continue investigations on anti-dumping duties for Chinese kitchen furniture imports
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is [...]
April 24, 2019
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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
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China: Imports of sawnwood drop, but prices rise
According to China Customs, 2018 sawnwood imports totalled 36.74 million cubic metres valued at US$10.13 billion, a [...]
April 23, 2019
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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
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Current state of China’s logs imports market
Total softwood log stocks across China are now around 4.2-4.3 million m3. Daily uplift from the ports [...]
April 12, 2019
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China: Prices of main wood commodities in March 2019
This index contains the March 2019 updated prices of logs and lumber from the [...]
April 12, 2019
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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
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Boom in Russian softwood lumber train deliveries to China supported by the Belt & Road Initiative
According to trade data sourced from China Customs, China imported 36.8 million cubic metres of lumber in 2018, a [...]
April 10, 2019
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Higher worldwide costs for wood chips and pulplogs
Wood fiber costs ranged between 45% and 70% of the cash costs for the production of pulp around the world [...]
April 10, 2019
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