British Columbia’s forestry industry crisis is worsening
British Columbia's forestry industry is going through a deeper crisis, led mostly by high log prices and low timber [...]
September 16, 2019
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Russian top forestry group executive: Ban on timber exports to China useless
Mikhail Shamorin, president of the Segezha Group, one of Russia's largest forestry industrial enterprises, said that the complete ban [...]
September 11, 2019
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Kazahstan partially bans exports of timber
A temporary prohibition on the export of timber has entered into force in Kazakhstan,Trendreports with reference to the press [...]
August 22, 2019
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The 10 most important factors affecting the Chinese timber market today
China’s economic downturn is impacting sales of wood products and under present market conditions there is growing over-capacity [...]
August 20, 2019
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Russia could ban timber exports to China
Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a [...]
August 19, 2019
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Corruption scandal hits hard Gabon’s timber industry
Tropical timber is piling up at Gabon's main port as the country's logging industry reels from a corruption [...]
July 9, 2019
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Dutch and Belgian importers’ views on FLEGT
Although the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) has narrowed the supply base for tropical timber imported into the EU, traders in [...]
July 1, 2019
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Europe’s “zero deforestation” policies: an opportunity for tropical timber?
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 17, 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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