Central Europe: 500 million m3 of damaged wood expected in the next 5 years
For at least five years, the forestry and timber industry in Central Europe has been struggling with the [...]
June 12, 2020
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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
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COVID-19 recovery and bark beetles put heavy pressure on European sawmills
In general the coronavirus crisis has taken a heavy toll for many sawmills across Europe. While some forecasts some weeks [...]
June 12, 2020
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Italian wood furniture technology heavily impacted by COVID-19
According to the analysis of data collected by the Studies Office of Acimall, the Confindustria-member association representing the Italian [...]
June 12, 2020
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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
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Upward trend in lumber prices reversed due to civil unrest in US
Sales of Western-Spruce-Pine-Fir construction framing dimension softwood lumber in the United States took a step back last [...]
June 11, 2020
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Softwood lumber production in U.S. rises 5.2% in Jan.-Mar. 2020
U.S. sawmills in the first three months of 2020 produced 9.161 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber [...]
June 11, 2020
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Vietnam’s wood product exports up by 6%, despite pandemic
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, the wood industry still enjoyed 3.2 billion USD in exports in the [...]
June 11, 2020
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Sarawak logs and plywood losing market shares in Asia
Sarawak is gradually losing its logs and plywood market shares in key India and Japan markets as it could not [...]
June 11, 2020
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Hard hit for B.C. lumber exports in Q1/2020
B.C. exports fell by almost 15% in Q1 2020 from the same period last year, hurt by both the [...]
June 8, 2020
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