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Serious interruption of Chinese plywood supply to Europe

On supply, some interruption was reported out of Indonesia and Malaysia due to the lockdown; some factories reported to have [...]

July 2, 2020

Falling pulpwood prices around the world

Wood fiber costs fell for many hardwood pulp-producing countries worldwide in the first quarter of 2020. The biggest declines [...]

June 30, 2020

Moody’s: coronavirus pandemic, oversupply to limit price recovery in the global forest products industry

The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring global demand and the oversupply across many regions will either limit price recovery or drive [...]

June 22, 2020

UK tropical wood trade succumbs to pandemic impact

The value of UK imports of tropical wood products was US$360 million in the first four months of 2020 [...]

June 18, 2020

South American log supply to China has restarted

According to GWMI sources, the supply of logs in South America to China has recently restarted. [...]

June 17, 2020

US companies testify against certifying unsafe plywood from Brazil

Product Advisory notices have been sent to importers, Building Code Associations and Homebuilder Associations throughout the U.S. warning against [...]

June 12, 2020

Global lumber producers see surprising improvement in profitability in early 2020

The US South and British Columbia have historically been the lowest-cost lumber-producing regions of North America. However, in [...]

June 11, 2020

No pandemic impact in March tropical timber trade data

The lack of any strong COVID signal in the tropical timber trade data to the end of March is more [...]

June 5, 2020

Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1, despite trade interruptions; lumber demand in key markets uncertain

Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1 from Q4, despite trade interruptions, uncertainty about short-term lumber demand in key [...]

June 3, 2020

Will the forest products industry evolve post Covid-19?

2020 will be marked as the year of change. Change sometimes occur innately to alter the strategic direction [...]

June 2, 2020

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