Investigation of padauk export from Congo to EU impacts prices
In early July Belgian Customs blocked the release of a shipment of padouk sawnwood dispatched from Gabon. The Belgian authorities [...]
August 28, 2019
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Germany: Price overview for wood products
Producer prices for commercial wood products in Germany continued to decline in June. While there is [...]
August 28, 2019
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Nordic wood pellet prices hit new record this summer
Nordic wood pellet prices have risen to record highs amid stronger demand over the past month, but ample supply and [...]
August 28, 2019
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More German and New Zealand logs in the Chinese market
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 28, 2019
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Brazilian wood products exports fell sharply in June 2019
The value of Brazilian exports of wood-based products in June 2019 (excluding pulp and paper products) fell 12% year [...]
August 26, 2019
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Top 10 negative influencing factors for the Chinese timber market today
China’s economic downturn is impacting sales of wood products and under present market conditions there is growing over-capacity [...]
August 26, 2019
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Vietnam becomes top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US
US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly [...]
August 26, 2019
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Russia and New Zealand compete over timber exports to China
Russia is currently China's largest timber source. In 2018, Russian exports to China reached 15.65 million cubic meters [...]
August 26, 2019
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U.S. removes Chinese furniture from planned 10% tariffs
The Trump administration is sparing some Chinese-made household furniture from its next rounds of 10 [...]
August 22, 2019
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Belarus to start producing wood pellets
A program to build six pellet plants in Belarus is being implemented. All of them will be operational [...]
August 22, 2019
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