China opens door to U.S. softwood exporters exemption from import tariffs
U.S. softwood exporters may soon sell to China duty-free for the first time since August 2018 [...]
March 23, 2020
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Wood products industry declared ‘essential’ by US government
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday (March 19, 2020) identified the wood products industry as [...]
March 23, 2020
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Finland’s forest industry struggles with the bark beetle effects, mild winters and coronavirus
At the moment, forest prospects are obscured by unpredictable factors that are completely independent of the Finnish forest [...]
March 23, 2020
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Rising timber prices across China
Timber prices are rising across all major timber markets in China, as wood trade hasn't been able [...]
March 23, 2020
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West Fraser to cut lumber production in response to coronavirus pandemic
West Fraser is reducing lumber production at its western Canadian sawmills and temporarily suspending plywood production in Quesnel [...]
March 20, 2020
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Coronavirus and impact on world forest products trade
As the world grapples with a widening impact and unexpected global consequences of the coronavirus, both stock markets [...]
March 20, 2020
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Interfor to cut production by 60% with curtailments at all sawmills due to coronavirus
Interfor Corporation will implement a number of initiatives in order to adjust its business to operating conditions being [...]
March 20, 2020
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Klausner shuts down its Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Florida
The Klausner Lumber One sawmill has ceased production. County Administrator Randy Harris confirmed that the sawmill shut down [...]
March 20, 2020
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Coronavirus: Russian timber industry in search for new markets
Many exporters of the Russian timber industry are suffering losses because of the coronavirus. The majority were forced [...]
March 18, 2020
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Coronavirus puts heavy pressure on European timber exporters
Factories closed, ports idling, lack of containers, rising freight costs, shipments in stand-by… The coronavirus obviously does not spare [...]
March 18, 2020
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