Vietnam: New wood pellet plant to produce 160.000 t/yr
Biomass Fuel Vietnam Co placed an order with Hekotek for a new complete plant of wooden pellets. According the announcement [...]
August 16, 2018
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European importers discouraged from importing Myanmar teak
Given continuing controversy in the EU over whether Myanmar teak can be traded in compliance with EUTR requirements, importers were [...]
August 16, 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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Timber backlogs grow at Douala Port
One factor in the contraction in Cameroon’s EU exports, which started in 2016, cited by a number of EU [...]
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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Kährs Group to acquire Swedish flooring distributor
Kährs Group has acquired Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg & Co. The takeover has been carried out with immediate effect [...]
August 14, 2018
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U.S. softwood lumber production on the rise, while Candian output falls
U.S. sawmills produced 14.752 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first five months of 2018 [...]
August 14, 2018
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Downward trend in Latvian sawn softwood exports
Sawn and planed sawn softwood exports from Latvia went down by 15% during the Q1/2018, to 603,000 m3 [...]
August 13, 2018
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China introduces FSC national forest stewardship standard
China launches FSC national forest stewardship standard, reports FSC in its press release. Thus, China is the second country in [...]
August 13, 2018
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