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US DoC to continue investigations on anti-dumping duties for Chinese kitchen furniture imports

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is [...]

April 24, 2019

China: Imports of sawnwood drop, but prices rise

According to China Customs, 2018 sawnwood imports totalled 36.74 million cubic metres valued at US$10.13 billion, a [...]

April 23, 2019

Current state of China’s logs imports market

Total softwood log stocks across China are now around 4.2-4.3 million m3. Daily uplift from the ports [...]

April 12, 2019

China reduced VAT on roundwood and lumber

VAT on some commodities and services has been reduced in order to stimulate the economy and support processing within the [...]

April 9, 2019

Japan’s wood pellet imports double again in 2018

Japanese wood pellet imports are on pace to exceed 1 million tonnes in 2018, approximately double the amount of imports [...]

April 3, 2019

New record in Chinese softwood log imports; New Zealand, top supplier

China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, when over 40 million m3 of logs landed at [...]

April 1, 2019

Japan to import less Malaysian plywood due to rising prices

Japan expects its imported volume of plywood from Malaysia to further decline this year because of increasing prices. Malaysia, the [...]

March 27, 2019

EU imports of tropical logs rise 11% in 2018

After a sharp downturn in 2017, EU imports of tropical logs recovered some lost ground in 2018 but were still [...]

March 18, 2019

Italy: Imports of wood pellets up 27% in 2018

After a 9% increase in 2017, wood pellets imported by Italy showed a much more consistent trend growth in 2018 [...]

March 14, 2019

Eastern Europen countries boost timber imports from outside the EU

While there was some increase in imports by a few western European countries in 2018, eastern EU countries recorded much [...]

March 11, 2019

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