EUTR and FLEGT are causing market shifts
The European timber trade regulation EUTR and the FLEGT agreement concluded with Indonesia are causing market shifts to a certain [...]
September 24, 2020
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Supplies of Brazilian tropical wood tightening but prices remain competitive in Europe
Supplies of tropical sawnwood and hardwood decking in Brazil are also tighter than usual at this time of year during [...]
September 18, 2020
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Impact of COVID-19 on the EU tropical wood market varies across member states
The impact of COVID-19 on imports of tropical wood and wood furniture on individual EU27 countries has varied widely [...]
September 8, 2020
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China’s imports of logs crash in the first half of the year
China’s log imports fell sharply in the first half of 2020 to 24.51 million cubic metres valued at [...]
September 2, 2020
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Covid-19 significantly impacts Indian imports of logs
India continues to face Covid-19 issues and is currently a much smaller market for logs than previously. [...]
August 25, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic expected to further slow the global construction activity
Global construction activity contracted across all region in Q2 due to the lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID [...]
August 11, 2020
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U.S. DoC finds dumping of wood mouldings and millwork from China, not Brazil
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of [...]
August 10, 2020
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China is now the leading market for Brazilian particleboard
In the first semester of 2020 (6M-2020) China became the main export market for the Brazilian particleboard / MDP (PB [...]
July 28, 2020
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No strong COVID-19 signs in EU tropical timber import data
EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) tropical timber product imports continued to defy expectations of COVID-19 driven collapse in [...]
July 17, 2020
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Brazil: Latest prices for exported tropical logs, sawnwood and plywood
In May 2020, the value of Brazilian exports of woodbased products (except pulp and paper) dropped 13.5% compared to [...]
July 14, 2020
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