New Zealand log exports to China up 27.2% in Q2/2019
Log exports from New Zealand to China expanded 27.2% y-o-y in second quarter of 2019 to 4 [...]
August 22, 2019
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Wood starts to gradually replace concrete, as wooden skycrapers spread across the world
For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]
August 22, 2019
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Forestry summer slowdown affects pellet producers in North America
Follow-through from unstoppable demand for solid wood products at the end of 2017 lead to robust lumber sales through [...]
August 22, 2019
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New import rules for US hardwood logs in EU
The new EU implementing directive 2019/523 of 21 March 2019 (available on request) concerns the protection measures against the [...]
August 21, 2019
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Vietnam gains market shares in Japanese wood pellet imports
Pellet imports to Japan from Vietnam jumped 219.6% y-o-y in first half of 2019 to 420.9 [...]
August 21, 2019
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Investigation of padauk shipment from Congo to EU impacts prices
In early July Belgian Customs blocked the release of a shipment of padouk sawnwood dispatched from Gabon. The Belgian authorities [...]
August 21, 2019
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Germany: June prices for wood products continued descending trend
Producer prices for commercial wood products in Germany continued to decline in June. While there is a split [...]
August 21, 2019
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Northern European wood pellet prices hit record high this summer
Nordic wood pellet prices have risen to record highs amid stronger demand over the past month, but ample supply and [...]
August 21, 2019
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German exports of logs to China more than double this year
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 21, 2019
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Vietnam replaces China as top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US
US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly all trading partners. Imports [...]
August 20, 2019
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