British Columbia’s lumber exports fall 21% in Jan.-Feb. 2020
New figures from the provincial government show a sharp decline in commodity exports because of the coronavirus.   [...]
April 22, 2020
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Segezha Group to build a large new plywood mill
Russian Segezha Group has received permission from the Galich city administration in the Kostroma region to build a plywood mill [...]
April 22, 2020
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Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the European Green Deal
Measures to contain the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic have led to a dramatic reduction in travel and economic activity [...]
April 22, 2020
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Coronavirus: Skyrocketing timber prices in China as global supply falls sharply
In the recent period, coronavirus pandemic has reduced logging in many countries, overseas container costs and sea freight prices have [...]
April 20, 2020
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Italian furniture companies warn of “economic catastrophe” unless factories reopen next week
The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories Though there’s [...]
April 20, 2020
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Trade of logs in Finland falls drastically
Trade of roundwood in Finland continued at a slow pace in February. In January and in [...]
April 20, 2020
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Russia: Exports of softwood lumber fall due to low demand in China
In the first two months, Russia exported 5% less softwood, including planed timber, compared to the same period in the [...]
April 20, 2020
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Bankruptcy proceedings for Klausner’s US sawmill operations
Austrian company Klausner, which began operation in US back in 2015 has filed for insolvency. Bankruptcy [...]
April 20, 2020
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Wood industry companies respond to the coronavirus crisis
Wood business companies are responding to the threats of coronavirus. Here is a tracking of the [...]
April 17, 2020
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EU parquet market severely hit by the coronavirus crisis
The European parquet markets had generally well started the year showing stable to slightly positive trends in January and February [...]
April 17, 2020
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