China: Top 10 softwood log importing companies
The first importing company, in terms of value, was Shanghai Shengwosheng Forest Corporation, with a total amount of imports reaching [...]
July 17, 2019
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China drastically reduces imports of Russian logs and switches to lumber
In January-May, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2% y-o-y to 3.6 million m3 [...]
July 4, 2019
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China: Softwood lumber imports up 17% in January-May 2019; imports prices fall sharply
In January-May 2019, China increased softwood lumber imports by 17.1% year-on-year to 11.6 million m3 [...]
July 1, 2019
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US DoC must take another look at its tariff calculation of hardwood plywood imported from China
The U.S. Department of Commerce must take another look at its tariff calculation of hardwood plywood imported from China [...]
June 5, 2019
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China: Prices of main wood commodities in April 2019
This index contains the April 2019 updated prices of logs and lumber from the two major [...]
June 5, 2019
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EU tropical wood trade strong in the first quarter of 2019
The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first quarter this year compared to the [...]
June 3, 2019
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China: Railway deliveries expected to sharply reduce timber imports through ports
How will the competition between railway transported timber and port timber affect the market structure in China? Some market participants [...]
May 29, 2019
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China: Higher prices for imported softwood lumber since the beginning of the year
Average price for imported softwood lumber in China in April was $180 per m3, a decline of 6.1% since [...]
May 29, 2019
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US turning to Vietnamese plywood, as trade with China slows
While U.S. imports of hardwood plywood are flat, imports from Vietnam are growing rapidly amid declines in the China [...]
May 23, 2019
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EU tropical timber imports rising since mid-2018
Total value of tropical wood imports into the EU increased slightly in 2018, although at a slower rate than imports [...]
May 17, 2019
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