Archives: 2019

European countries to benefit from US-China trade war

The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]

Russia: Wood pellet suppliers and foreign buyers in H1/2019

Exports of wood pellets from Russia are growing at the highest rate in recent years. In H1/2019, exports grew [...]

Company from Vietnam to supply 300,000 t/yr of wood pellets to Japan

Eastwood Energy Joint Stock Company signed a long-term contract with CellMark, a global supply chain service company, to sell [...]

Stora Enso to close sawmill in Finland

Efora, that specialises in industrial maintenance and engineering services, owned by Finnish-Swedish forest industry company Stora Enso, begins employer [...]

Italy: Woodworking machinery orders drop sharply in Q2/2019

In the second quarter of 2019 the orders of wood and furniture machinery and equipment in Italy have decreased by [...]

Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor

Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]

US to set duties of up to 230% to Chinese wooden cabinets imports

    The U.S. Commerce Department said this month it has made a preliminary determination that wooden [...]

Sharp rise in prices for hardwood chips exported from Latin America

    Tight supply of hardwood fiber in the Pacific Rim have pushed prices for Latin American hardwood [...]

Falling prices for wood pellets in Vietnam

As demand in South Korea is slowing down, Vietnamese wood pellets prices are falling relative to the rise seen this [...]

Czechia: Boom in prefabricated wooden houses

    The market with prefabricated wooden houses in the Czech Republic is experiencing a major boom. While [...]