Bankrupt Norske Skog acquired by Oceanwood
Investment funds managed by Oceanwood Capital Management Limited have now acquired 100% of the shares in Norske Skog AS following [...]
October 9, 2018
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Forecast: Finland’s softwood lumber exports to drop this year due to slow Chinese demand
The production volume of sawn goods will increase 1–2 percent in 2018. Export of pine timber will increase, but [...]
October 9, 2018
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Overview of China’s first half 2018 wood products trade
Data from China Customs shows that in the first half of 2018 the value of China’s wood products trade [...]
October 5, 2018
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Overview of the wood processing industry in Guangdong Province, China
During the last few years, once with the increase in demand for wood processing products in Guangdong Province, Southeast China [...]
October 2, 2018
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Tariffs on Chinese wood products imports could be catastrophic for some US companies
The US has announced that it had finalized the list of approximately US$200 billion worth of imports from China [...]
October 1, 2018
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Global sawlog prices on a downward trend; lumber trade rising
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell 1.4% in the 2Q/18. This was the first q-o-q [...]
October 1, 2018
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Chinese producers get ready to beat US tariffs by rerouting goods
As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]
September 24, 2018
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Roundwood prices in Norway up by 15% in Q2/2018
In Norway, a total of 2.80 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in the second [...]
September 24, 2018
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Trump’s tariffs on China- A big chance for Europe
The additional tariffs of the US government under President Donald Trump slow the Chinese growth by 0.1 to 0 [...]
September 20, 2018
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Estonia: Prices for roundwood way higher than last year
The prices for roundwood in Estonia stabilized in July. Most of the products are at the levels of the previous [...]
September 12, 2018
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