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Demand for logs strong in China due to busy construction season

Log inventory in China has increased about 300k m3 in the last month to around 4.6m m3 [...]

October 22, 2020

Vietnamese wood product exporters told to take actions to optimise US market

Vietnam has enjoyed a surge in timber and wood product exports to the US this year, but businesses need to [...]

October 15, 2020

IKEA loses 1.5 billion euros due to corona crisis despite surge in online sales

IKEA announced retail sales of 35.2 billion euros in the financial year to September. That [...]

October 13, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted Chinese wooden furniture exports and imports

Under the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the value of China’s wooden furniture exports fell 24% to [...]

September 28, 2020

WTO says that US’ tariffs on China broke global trade rules

The World Trade Organization has ruled that tariffs the US imposed on Chinese goods in 2018, triggering a trade war [...]

September 18, 2020

Weak MDF market in China

According to Chinese market insiders, the weakness of the downstream furniture market in China this year has led to a [...]

September 8, 2020

Vietnam: Stunning first half wood product exports

According to Vietnam Customs, at the end of June, wood and wood product (W&WP) export revenues amounted to [...]

September 3, 2020

Implications for the forest industry of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement

The EU is one of the top 5 markets for wood and wood products (W&WP) exported from Vietnam [...]

August 18, 2020

EU wood furniture production sliding even before pandemic

Newly released Eurostat data indicates that the value of EU27+UK wood furniture production was €42.5 billion in 2019 [...]

August 17, 2020

Chinese wood processing companies severely impacted by slow demand abroad

78% of China's wood processing companies currently are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, while the resumption [...]

July 28, 2020

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