European tropical wood imports impacted by supply issues
Looking at factors behind the sales trends, European importers earlier reported supply issues out of Asia due to an extended [...]
January 9, 2019
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British Columbia’s largest forestry delegation to visit China, Japan and South Korea at the end of 2018
Doug Donaldson, B.C. Forests/Rural Development Minister, is taking a large forestry-sector delegation to three Asian countries this [...]
November 22, 2018
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Asia to drive wood pellets demand over the next decade
Western Europe has long been the world’s largest market for wood pellets used in heat and power production. But [...]
August 31, 2018
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Asian timber operators better placed than European operators in Africa
A major structural change is underway in the African timber industry as operations are reoriented away from the European market [...]
August 30, 2018
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European African timber operations transferred to Asian companies
A major structural change is underway in the African timber industry as operations are reoriented away from the European market [...]
August 23, 2018
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World bank expects rising wood logs prices in Africa and SE Asia
The World Bank reconsidered forecast for logs and sawnwood in the recently updated Commodity Markets Outlook. [...]
May 16, 2018
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Asian demand for wood pellets booming in 2017
Asia’s demand for biomass is growing rapidly. Wood pellet imports into South Korea and Japan have grown exponentially in [...]
May 10, 2018
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Asian biomass market development leads to promising outlooks
The bioenergy market in Asia Pacific is still fairly immature compared to the European market. However, recent developments have led [...]
December 4, 2017
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Wood pellets production and demand grows in Asia; prices are rising
Increases in Vietnam’s wood pellet spot prices accelerated during the third quarter of 2017, boosted by strengthening Japanese and [...]
November 22, 2017
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US hardwood exports to SEA and Greater China see strong growth in Q1/2017
US hardwood exports maintained upward momentum in the first quarter of 2017, with a strong gain Southeast Asia (SEA) and [...]
July 13, 2017
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