Archives: 2019

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 [...]

Germany: Price overview for wood products

    Producer prices for commercial wood products in Germany continued to decline in June. While there is [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe