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Sawmills in China slowed down or stopped production in May due high costs of imported logs

In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]

June 1, 2020

Chinese timber importers face additional cost pressure from Chinese currency devaluation against US dollar

On May 28, the People ’s Bank of China authorized the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center to announce that the [...]

June 1, 2020

China trade and COVID-19: A double blow to US hardwood producers

The trade conflict with China has hit the United States hardwood sector hard and the coronavirus pandemic has [...]

May 28, 2020

Prices of exported New Zealand logs rise sharply as Chinese inventories running low

Exports of logs from New Zealand were worth just $96 million in April 2020, down $211 million from $307 million [...]

May 28, 2020

Pandemic still negatively impacting Chinese plywood market

According to Chinese merchants, after experiencing heavy volume in April, the recent dynamics of the Chinese plywood market has been [...]

May 26, 2020

European softwood lumber exports to China rise 30% in Q1/2020 despite coronavirus pandemic

Despite the coronavirus pandemic which first hit China and than spread all [...]

May 19, 2020

China: Exports of plywood, wooden furniture down by more than 80% in Q1/2020

According to China Customs, in the first quarter of 2020, China’s plywood exports were 1.85 million cubic metres [...]

May 18, 2020

Raute delivers modern veneer drying and lay-up technology to China

Raute has signed a contract with Guoxu-Springwood Wood Panel Company in Guangxi province in South China for delivering a [...]

May 18, 2020

Sawn softwood prices in Chinese ports driven up by container shortages and rising freight rates

The interruption of the supply chain from China to Europe and Russia led to a lack of containers in the [...]

May 12, 2020

Homag Group strengthens its position in China

Homag Group is strengthening its leading market position in China with an acquisition. The world market [...]

May 12, 2020

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