Archives: 2019

Record area of FSC certified forests in Russia

In October 2019, the area of ​​forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and the number of FSC certificates for [...]

Environmental measures accelerate the structural reform of China’s plywood industry

In 2018, the concentration of China's plywood industry continued to increase. There were more than 5,300 plywood production [...]

The bark beetle infestation hits the French softwood market

    What volumes of wood will be harvested in France in 2019? Difficult to answer this question [...]

No impact on retail prices due to BC curtailments

Despite several curtailments for different BC lumber producers, the impacts of them have yet to be felt in the retail [...]

Exports of wood products from Sarawak down sharply this year

The export value of Sarawak’s wood products has decreased by 12 percent in the first nine months of the [...]

China’s huge hunger for timber will still rely on imports in the future?

    With the rising protection of forest resources by countries in the world, the trade friction between [...]

Vietnamese Donghwa to buy a new Siempelkamp MDF press

    Dongwha, Asia's largest producer of engineered wood from Korea, is securing the "longest MDF press [...]

China tariffs cut deep into the US hardwood industry

Prior to the trade and retaliatory tariff battle between the U.S. and China in mid-2018, the U.S [...]

BC’s forestry companies face weak wood markets, high log costs and US lumber duties

    B.C. forestry companies are set to report lacklustre third-quarter financial results as tough market [...]

Germany: Price of wood pellets on the rise in October

As usual for this time of year, the price of wood pellets in Germany rose by 2.1% in October [...]