Global plywood industry hit by US-China trade war and slowdown of Chinese economy
The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]
September 11, 2019
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Trends in global pellet prices and trade
The global wood pellets market revenue amounted to $5,359.9B in 2018, rising by 6.8% against the previous [...]
September 10, 2019
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Falling sawlog prices across the world
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell for the fifth consecutive quarter in the 2Q/19, reaching a two-year [...]
September 9, 2019
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Global plywood industry is in the process of transformation and upgrading
Given China's economic slowdown and tight supply of wood fiber, Asian production and consumption growth cannot continue to grow [...]
August 29, 2019
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Major global lumber-exporting countries increased their shipments in early 2019
The uptick in demand for lumber continued in early 2019, with most of the major lumber-exporting countries increasing their [...]
June 24, 2019
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Sawlog prices fell throughout the world in the 1Q/19
The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]
June 12, 2019
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Global trade of wood pellets jumps more than 21%; US, Canada, Vietnam as major suppliers
Global trade of wood pellets jumped more than 21% year-over-year in 2018 when a new record of 22 [...]
April 30, 2019
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Top global softwood lumber producers in 2018
As it has since 2007, West Fraser is the world’s largest softwood lumber producer: in 2018, the company produced [...]
April 24, 2019
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Global sawmill sector’s shrinking profit margins in late 2018
Softwood lumber prices have generally fallen faster than the costs for sawlogs throughout the world in late 2018, resulting in [...]
April 16, 2019
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Higher worldwide costs for wood chips and pulplogs
Wood fiber costs ranged between 45% and 70% of the cash costs for the production of pulp around the world [...]
April 10, 2019
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