Japan seeks to boost wood pellet imports from Canada
Japan is studying the potential for a seismic increase in wood pellet imports from western Canada – especially from British Columbia [...]
February 5, 2019
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Global lumber market affected by slowing Chinese economy and trade disputes
As a result of the Chinese economy going down and the trade disputes the country has with the U.S [...]
January 21, 2019
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Weaker demand for high value ‘redwoods’ in China
Many timber suppliers in the Shanghai Furen timber market are complaining that demand for timber for furniture making has suddenly [...]
January 21, 2019
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Chinese traders concerned on rising prices for US hardwoods
The trade friction between China and the United States has been on everyone’s mind in 2018, especially manufacturers which [...]
January 18, 2019
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Fall in EU wood furniture imports from China in 2018
After making gains in 2017, EU wood furniture imports from China, by far the largest external supplier, fell 5% to [...]
January 18, 2019
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European tropical wood imports impacted by supply issues
Looking at factors behind the sales trends, European importers earlier reported supply issues out of Asia due to an extended [...]
January 9, 2019
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Potential Chinese trade tariff and Brexit impacts on the European hardwood market
Projecting into 2019, importers were concerned at the potential for an increase in market impacts of Chinese tariffs on US [...]
January 8, 2019
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Rising EU sawn hardwood imports in 2018
Total EU sawn hardwood imports were up 4% for the first nine months of 2018 at 1.62 million cu [...]
January 7, 2019
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Chinese imports of hardwood chips reach record high in the 3Q/2018
Chinese pulpmills have continued to increase importation of hardwood chips throughout 2018, and import volumes reached a new record high [...]
December 20, 2018
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Japan expected to set new record for wood pellet imports
Wood pellet imports in Japan reached a record 506,000 metric tons in 2017, and are expected to increase again [...]
December 19, 2018
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