Forecast: China to become British Columbia’s main forest products export market, surpassing the US
Canada’s key export-support organization boldly predicts China will surpass the United States as British Columbia’s top market [...]
November 12, 2018
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Lower sawlog prices in Russia, Brazil and Eastern Europe in the 2Q/18
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell by 1.4% from the 1Q/18 to the 2Q/18. This was [...]
November 12, 2018
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China cuts import tariffs on wood products to 5.4% from 6.6%; trade war with US continues to impact markets
A recent government announcement effective November 1st, 2018 states that China has reduced import tariffs on more than 1,500 [...]
November 8, 2018
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Sharp rise in EU imports of Russian and Brazilian plywood
The output of plywood imports to Europe showed an important improvement in the first nine months [...]
November 8, 2018
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Russia might temporarily ban the export of roundwood to China
Russia can temporarily restrict roundwood exports to China due to the issues of forest reproduction and destruction, Minister of Natural [...]
November 7, 2018
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Finnish softwood lumber exports drop sharply this year; exports to Asia and the Middle East collapse
The Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world decreased by -4% during January - September 2018, as compared to the same [...]
November 7, 2018
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Chinese furniture industry investing heavily in European woodworking machinery
China is home to the world’s biggest woodworking and furniture manufacturing industry, much of which is concentrated in the [...]
November 6, 2018
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Booming European softwood logs exports to China
Due to a massive boost of exports from France, total European softwood logs deliveries to China have outpaced those of [...]
November 5, 2018
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China: 2.5 billion m3 of stocking volume in planted forests
According to the eighth national inventory of forest resources, the area of national plantation was 69.33 million hectares accounting [...]
November 2, 2018
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European softwood lumber exports to China fall by 25%
The European softwood lumber exports to China have decreased significantly during January-August 2018, as compared to the same period [...]
November 2, 2018
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