European consortium forms to promote timber as choice for multi-storey buildings
Armed with €10m in EU funding, a consortium of 21 European companies and organisations has formed to try and make [...]
October 16, 2019
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China: Prices of imported logs and lumber in September 2019
Prices in the Guangdong Yuzhu Timber Market [...]
October 15, 2019
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Where will the Chinese furniture exports be redirected as trade war with US hit shipments and prices?
Just as the American hardwood industry has long been worried about the "eggs" that put more than one-half of [...]
October 15, 2019
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Japan’s consumption of wood pellets is expected to reach 20 million tons by 2030
Japan's hunger for wood pellets seems to be unstoppable at the moment. By 2025, the country's consumption of [...]
October 15, 2019
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30 million m3 of beetle wood expected in Czech forests this year
In 2019, it is estimated that 30 million cubic meters of beetle wood will be produced in Czech forests. Accordingly [...]
October 14, 2019
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Trump to suspend tariff hike on Chinese imports
President Trump said Friday the government had reach a “phase one” trade agreement with China and won’t be moving [...]
October 14, 2019
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Mixed feelings in the European markets for parquet: From slight improvements to decreasing trends
The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP) met on 2 October 2019 and discussed [...]
October 14, 2019
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Stable softwood lumber production in U.S.; Canadian output drops sharply
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019 [...]
October 14, 2019
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Swedish foresters to drop timber prices due to slow sawnwood demand and bark beetle calamity
The Swedish forest owners association Mellanskog has announced a decrease in its timber prices. According to [...]
October 14, 2019
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Woodrise International Congress closes on a positive note
The second edition of the Woodrise International Congress came to a close on 4 October on a very positive note [...]
October 14, 2019
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