Ukraine war creates new opportunities in the EU market for some tropical wood products
Between April and June this year, EU27 import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products was, in dollar terms [...]
September 6, 2022
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Russia: Sanctions dramatically bring down wood product manufacturing
In July, wood products manufacturing in Russia fell 20.4% y-o-y according to data published by the Russian [...]
August 30, 2022
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Russian plywood industry in crisis
The Russian plywood industry, hit hardest by EU sanctions, continued to decline. Russia's domestic plywood market has seen excess [...]
August 24, 2022
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Russia’s energy roulette threatens the German forest industry
Energy prices have risen sharply since Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine in February of this year. The [...]
August 16, 2022
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U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on Russian wood products
Starting from July 27, the United States imposed a 35% tariff on 570 items of goods imported from Russia, including [...]
August 15, 2022
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Rumours that Russian birch plywood enters the European market through China
Several birch plywood importers from the UK have reported an increase of offers from the far east in recent weeks [...]
August 9, 2022
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European lumber exports might decline by a half due to the war in Ukraine
One immediate impact of the war in Ukraine is a tighter market for softwood lumber in Europe. About 20% of [...]
August 2, 2022
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Russian timber, timber product exports likely to see double-digit decline in second half
Russian sawn timber exports, which have been sanctioned by the EU along with other wood products since July 10, were [...]
August 2, 2022
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EU tropical wood product imports benefit from curtailment supplies from Russia and Belarus
In the first four months of this year, the value of EU imports of tropical wood and wood furniture totalled [...]
July 20, 2022
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Norway boosts softwood log exports to EU countries filling Russian supply gap
Norway became the largest supplier of softwood logs to the EU instead of Russia which had a share of 49 [...]
July 19, 2022
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