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China timber import market faces a complicated 2022 due to Russian log export ban

At the beginning of the new year, the Chinese timber industry is waiting for the market to recover, but it [...]

January 20, 2022

China: Pine logs and lumber imports – only through designated ports

The quarantine requirement for imported pine (Pinus spp) wood (including logs and lumber) from countries where pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus [...]

January 17, 2022

Growing optimism in New Zealand’s wood industry as log export prices lift

The New Zealand forestry industry has started the New Year with a bit more optimism than it finished 2021, thanks [...]

January 17, 2022

China updates phytosanitary requirements for pine logs and lumber imports

China’s General Administration of Customs released new phytosanitary requirements for pine logs and lumber from 7 countries (United States [...]

January 11, 2022

Export prices for European spruce logs and radiata pine to China on the rise

In the past week, the news of the entry of US southern pine logs at designated Chinese ports has caused [...]

January 10, 2022

Chinese demand for New Zealand logs uncertain; prices stable in December

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zwealand exported logs remained unchanged in December, although there were reported some [...]

January 5, 2022

Chinese demand for softwood logs expected to be reduced in Q1/2022

Softwood inventory levels in China have dropped slightly to 4.5mln m3 and daily offtake remains steady at 75k per [...]

January 3, 2022

Slowdown in China’s softwood log consumption indicates market correction

Demand for softwood logs in China remained favorable during the third quarter (Q3) of the year, despite seasonally lower consumption [...]

December 22, 2021

China: Rise in CIF prices for lumber imports

According to China Customs in the third quarter of 2021 lumber imports totalled 21.91 million cubic metres valued at [...]

December 16, 2021

Chinese demand for softwood logs very low due to market uncertainty

The current enthusiasm of Chinese domestic timber businessmen to stock up at the end of the year is much less [...]

December 15, 2021

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