Spectacular recovery in China’s softwood lumber imports in April
After Chinese imports of softwood lumber experienced a though first quarter, a significant recovery was noticed at the beginning of [...]
June 8, 2020
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Vietnam wood products industry in crisis: main business partners suspend import orders
The export market shares of wood and wooden products of Vietnam are mainly in the US, Japan, Europe, and China [...]
May 14, 2020
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Sharp drop in Chinese tropical log imports
Tropical log imports in the first two months of 2020 amounted 1.30 million cubic metres, down 26% year on [...]
May 8, 2020
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European timber importers put orders on hold
Accurate estimates of the specific effects on timber trade volumes this year will only become apparent when more countries publish [...]
May 4, 2020
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China’s wood and wood products imports fall sharply in Q1/2020
According to Chinese customs statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, China’s wood and wood products imports were 15 [...]
April 30, 2020
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80% of EU and US timber importers from Vietnam canceled their orders
As much as 80 per cent of timber buyers from the U.S. and EU have delayed or cancelled their [...]
April 17, 2020
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Coronavirus: Poor global supply causes rising timber import prices in China by 30%
In the recent period, coronavirus pandemic has reduced logging in many countries, overseas container costs and sea freight prices have [...]
April 14, 2020
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Coronavirus: China’s imports of logs, lumber, pulp and wood chips crash in Jan.-Feb. 2020
The coronavirus epidemic in China has resulted in sharply reduced importation of forest products in early 2020. During January and [...]
April 6, 2020
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EU imports of tropical sawnwood rise 5% in 2019
EU imports of tropical sawnwood increased 5% to 753,000 tonnes in 2019 while import value declined slightly, by 0 [...]
March 18, 2020
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Second consecutive year of growth in EU tropical timber imports
Despite a downturn in the last six months of 2019, EU imports of tropical wood products last year were greater [...]
March 17, 2020
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