Lumber industry in British Columbia is optimistic about growth in exports to China
British Columbia lumber producers are getting ready for a rough 2019, considering the concerns over Canada-China trade, the US [...]
January 8, 2019
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Potential Chinese trade tariff and Brexit impacts on the European hardwood market
Projecting into 2019, importers were concerned at the potential for an increase in market impacts of Chinese tariffs on US [...]
January 8, 2019
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US$2.4 trillion worth of construction projects to boost UAE’s wood products demand by 2020
The wood industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to boom over the next two years as the [...]
January 8, 2019
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IKEA sells particleboard plant in France
IKEA Industry AB, part of the Inter Ikea Group, has accepted the takeover offer made at the end of September [...]
January 8, 2019
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Brazil: Booming lumber exports boost domestic sawlog prices
Sawlog prices have increased in the local currency in Brazil in 2018 thanks to higher demand for lumber from the [...]
January 8, 2019
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2019 global lumber market outlook
After surviving a global slowdown in 2015, world lumber markets became favourable as a general trend of rising prices took [...]
January 7, 2019
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US lumber prices continue to fall at the beginning of the year
US traders welcomed a new year, but failed to discern a clear direction for the market amid the holiday-shortened [...]
January 7, 2019
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Egger reports sharp turnover rise
The Egger Group with headquarters in St. Johann in Tirol (Austria) closed with a consolidated turnover of EUR 1.43 [...]
January 7, 2019
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Austrian sawmill industry hits record in 2018; expected to lose momentum in 2019
Wood processing in Austria has benefitted from the vibrant construction economy at home and abroad for more than 3 years [...]
January 7, 2019
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Rising EU sawn hardwood imports in 2018
Total EU sawn hardwood imports were up 4% for the first nine months of 2018 at 1.62 million cu [...]
January 7, 2019
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