European importers discouraged from importing Myanmar teak
Given continuing controversy in the EU over whether Myanmar teak can be traded in compliance with EUTR requirements, importers were [...]
August 16, 2018
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Changes to US GSP could distrupt Indonesian and Brazilian wood products exports
In a recent statement the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) said it believes the wood products export target for [...]
August 14, 2018
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Timber backlogs grow at Douala Port
One factor in the contraction in Cameroon’s EU exports, which started in 2016, cited by a number of EU [...]
August 14, 2018
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Germany: Rising prices for wood products; hardwood lumber more expensive
In July a slightly upward trend for the German wood products price index could be noticed. As compared to the [...]
August 14, 2018
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U.S. softwood lumber production on the rise, while Candian output falls
U.S. sawmills produced 14.752 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first five months of 2018 [...]
August 14, 2018
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Downward trend in Latvian sawn softwood exports
Sawn and planed sawn softwood exports from Latvia went down by 15% during the Q1/2018, to 603,000 m3 [...]
August 13, 2018
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China introduces FSC national forest stewardship standard
China launches FSC national forest stewardship standard, reports FSC in its press release. Thus, China is the second country in [...]
August 13, 2018
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EU tropical importers face rising competition for supplies
EU timber traders cited a number of factors shaping tropical import trends. These included intensifying competition for material from Chinese [...]
August 13, 2018
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Growth of Russian sawnwood exports negatively impacted by slowing Chinese demand
In the first quarter of 2018, the supply of sawn softwood from Russia increased by 1.8% (YoY) to 6 [...]
August 13, 2018
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Lumber prices in the US keep on going down through August
The plunge in framing lumber prices in the US was unabated, but another round of steep discounting drew in more [...]
August 13, 2018
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