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China’s new forest law can boost efforts to fight illegal logging

In the first revision to the country’s Forest Law in over twenty years, China has [...]

March 25, 2020

China opens door to U.S. softwood exporters exemption from import tariffs

U.S. softwood exporters may soon sell to China duty-free for the first time since August 2018 [...]

March 23, 2020

Rising timber prices across China

Timber prices are rising across all major timber markets in China, as wood trade hasn't been able [...]

March 23, 2020

Coronavirus and impact on world forest products trade

As the world grapples with a widening impact and unexpected global consequences of the coronavirus, both stock markets [...]

March 20, 2020

Coronavirus: Russian timber industry in search for new markets

Many exporters of the Russian timber industry are suffering losses because of the coronavirus. The majority were forced [...]

March 18, 2020

China’s construction sector crashes in Jan-Feb

The number of new housing starts in China over January-February slumped by 45% year on year as a result [...]

March 17, 2020

Rising timber prices reported in China

In less than a week, Shandong's timber prices have continued to adjust, rising continuously, and the price [...]

March 17, 2020

Coronavirus: New Zealand forestry sector not likely to return to normal for six months

New Zealand’s forestry industry continues to be impacted by coronavirus related disruption. GWMI's industry contacts, primarily [...]

March 13, 2020

Chinese wood industry slowly coming back to life

Chinese firms are resuming work, and there appears to be an improvement over the last week. However, production [...]

March 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Chinese trade revives after the first though two months

China made significant progress in kick starting its imports and exports in the last week/days. Data from [...]

March 12, 2020

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