Turkey to impose additional tariffs on imports of wood products from US
With its publication in the Official Journal on 15 August, Turkey imposed additional duties on US imports. [...]
August 30, 2018
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Metsä Wood to start production at new plywood mill in Estonia
Metsä Wood officially started up its birch plywood mill in Pärnu, Estonia. Currently there are around 65 blue-collars [...]
August 30, 2018
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China: Wood-based panels manufacturers to cease production due to new ‘green’ protection policy
According to the Chinese government’s environmental policy called the “Three-Year Plan on Defending the Blue Sky” industrial enterprises [...]
August 23, 2018
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Latvian plywood exports drop sharply
A total of 72,900 m³ of plywood was exported from Latvia in the first quarter, a decrease of 24 [...]
August 20, 2018
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Transformation of China’s wood-based panel companies
China’s production of wood products, especially wood-based panels, has increased rapidly in recent years. [...]
August 20, 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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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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Homag Group sees dropping incoming orders due to lower Chinese demand
In the first half of 2018 (1H-2018), the Homag Group recorded an increase in sales over the previous year [...]
August 14, 2018
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Vietnam aims to more than double its wood products exports by 2025
Vietnam's government is very positive regarding the wood and woodworking industry, as earning export revenues of $18-20 billion [...]
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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