Investigation of padauk shipment from Congo to EU impacts prices
In early July Belgian Customs blocked the release of a shipment of padouk sawnwood dispatched from Gabon. The Belgian authorities [...]
August 21, 2019
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Germany: June prices for wood products continued descending trend
Producer prices for commercial wood products in Germany continued to decline in June. While there is a split [...]
August 21, 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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Pellet prices start to rise in Germany
The August pellet price in Germany has increased compared to the previous month. It rose slightly by 0.8 percent [...]
August 19, 2019
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China: Reduced panel production causes prices to rise
In order to improve air quality and the environment producers of woodbased panels in many cities in Shandong province will [...]
August 14, 2019
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Conifex to indefinitely curtail its El Dorado sawmill; citing low lumber prices
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it is indefinitely curtailing operations at its El Dorado sawmill. The curtailment is [...]
August 14, 2019
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EU countries to benefit from the US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 14, 2019
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US softwood lumber prices flat, as trade stalls
Framing lumber prices were flat to mildly mixed amid measured follow-through from last week’s more active finish in [...]
August 13, 2019
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15% rise in prices for hardwood chips exported from Latin America
Tight supply of hardwood fiber in the Pacific Rim have pushed prices for Latin American hardwood chips upward during the [...]
August 7, 2019
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Prices for Vietnamese wood pellets falling sharply
As demand in South Korea is slowing down, Vietnamese wood pellets prices are falling relative to the rise seen this [...]
August 7, 2019
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