China: Recovery signs of the softwood import market in Q1/2023
In China, the softwood import market remains weak but there are small hopes for Q1/2023. As of mid-November [...]
December 1, 2022
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EU tropical wood imports slow with mounting signs of recession
In the first nine months of this year the EU27 imported 1.53 million tonnes of tropical wood and wooden [...]
December 1, 2022
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Top 15 biggest lumber producing companies in the world
GWMI picked the top 15 companies across the globe based on their softwood lumber production figures for 2021. The list [...]
November 28, 2022
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China’s timber market report in October 2022: Import prices continue to fall
According to the data of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, by October 2022 [...]
November 28, 2022
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Global demand for timber could grow fourfold by 2050
The World Bank forecasts that global timber demand will quadruple by 2050, driven by economic and population growth. Gresham House [...]
November 28, 2022
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Wood industry at COP 27: Combining climate protection and business
At the COP 27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Austria's timber industry is focusing on [...]
November 17, 2022
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Ocean freights drop sharply as global trade slows down
In 2021, the skyrocketing shipping prices have made the world's major shipping companies more profitable, but now, such good [...]
November 8, 2022
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Arauco’s plants in Argentina at risk of shutdown under import controls
The Chamber of the Argentine Timber Industries (CAIMA) has warned that local timber producers may soon be forced to cease [...]
November 8, 2022
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Global trade of softwood lumber down 10%
Global trade of softwood lumber fell about 10% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in [...]
November 7, 2022
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IHC 2022: Hardwood market between shortages of raw materials and high energy costs
On the 28th of October, a successful International Hardwood conference was organised in Lyon by the French National Wood Federation [...]
November 3, 2022
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