Downward trend in Russian sawn timber prices persists
The Russian sawn timber market has remained challenging for both traders and distributors in June, with wholesale prices still at [...]
August 18, 2020
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Implications for the forest industry of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement
The EU is one of the top 5 markets for wood and wood products (W&WP) exported from Vietnam [...]
August 18, 2020
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BC forest industry going full-tilt due to record-breaking lumber prices
Finally, some good news for B.C.’s forestry sector. After hundreds of jobs were lost and a number of [...]
August 17, 2020
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Skyrocketing lumber prices threaten the US economy
As the US fights to rebound from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, housing — the one bright spot for [...]
August 17, 2020
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China current wood imports and inventories
Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.44 million m3 at the end of June 2020 [...]
August 17, 2020
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China buys bark beetle-infested spruce from Germany, spurning Canada
The bark beetle has been a headache for Andreas Voss, chief wood marketer of Germany's most populous federal state [...]
August 17, 2020
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Kronospan invests massively in Ukraine
Kronospan UA LLC (Novovolynsk, Volyn region), part of the Kronospan Group, has launched a new OSB production facility in Novovolynsk [...]
August 17, 2020
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EU wood furniture production sliding even before pandemic
Newly released Eurostat data indicates that the value of EU27+UK wood furniture production was €42.5 billion in 2019 [...]
August 17, 2020
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Prices for New Zealand logs crash amid slow demand in China and European spruce oversupply
Prices for New Zealand logs are 12 percent below the five- year average on the back of overstocking, the summer [...]
August 13, 2020
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Calamities and coronavirus: Bad prospects in the German and Austrian forest
The first half of the year was extremely bad for the majority of Austrian and German forest companies. In addition [...]
August 13, 2020
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