New housing sales and starts rebound in US
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 3.5% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 629 [...]
October 24, 2018
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Vietnam’s timber industry plays a crucial role in the US-China trade war
Starting from mid-September 2018, the US decided to impose 10 percent tariffs with the total cost of $189 billion [...]
October 24, 2018
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Shifts in European furniture sector problematic
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
October 24, 2018
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Swedish sawmill industry in difficulty because of bad weather conditions and raw material supply
During the last year, raw material supply in Sweden has been restricted somewhat by different factors. After a rainy autumn [...]
October 23, 2018
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Malaysia: Rising prices for Sarawak logs due to increased demand
Logs prices in Sarawak significantly increased due to higher demand from neighbouring Sabah, which banned timber exports since May this [...]
October 23, 2018
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Rising plywood production in Finland and Russia
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
October 23, 2018
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44 million m3 of wood infested by the bark beetle expected in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic
According to estimates by different forestry organizations, in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, around 44 million cubic meters of [...]
October 22, 2018
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Rising wood pellets prices in Austria
The Austrian average retail price for wood pellets ENplus A1 quality (6t) is currently 23.97 cents/kg or 4 [...]
October 22, 2018
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Finnish sawn softwood exports to China suffer due to Chinese government environmental actions
The Finnish production of sawn softwood reached 11,7 million m3 in 2017 and remained below forecasted figures. By the [...]
October 22, 2018
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US lumber prices impacted by recent developments
A number of important lumber-related developments have come out of North America over the last period. [...]
October 22, 2018
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