Record volume of roundwood was felled in Finland in 2018
78.2 million cubic metres of roundwood was felled in the forests of Finland in 2018, representing an increase of [...]
June 19, 2019
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More than 600 companies urge Trump to end tariffs on Chinese imports
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan to expand a 25 [...]
June 18, 2019
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Vietnam to block Chinese relabeled timber products to beat U.S. tariffs
Vietnam has said it would crackdown on goods of Chinese origin illegally relabeled “Made in Vietnam” by exporters seeking to [...]
June 12, 2019
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Sawlog prices fell throughout the world in the 1Q/19
The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]
June 12, 2019
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Chinese tariffs to impact US forest supply chain
The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]
June 10, 2019
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Finland: Roundwood prices shifting downwards in April, but higher yoy
The prices for roundwood in Finland have increased significantly during April 2019, as compared to the same period last year [...]
June 5, 2019
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Chinese companies seeking alternatives to US timbers
At present, Chinese companies have been able to absorb the increased tariff levels on imported US timber raw materials but [...]
June 3, 2019
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Metsä Fibre progresses plans for 750,000 m3/year pine sawmill in Rauma, Finland
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has awarded ÅF Pöyry with the pre-engineering assignment for new bioproduct mill [...]
May 29, 2019
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US importers paying for Trump’s trade war, says IMF
Companies in the U.S. are paying almost all the costs from Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, IMF [...]
May 28, 2019
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Arauco’s sales of wood products impacted by US-China trade war
Net income for Arauco, one of the world’s largest forestry companies, reached USD 126.1 million in 1Q-2019 [...]
May 28, 2019
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