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China wood processing capacity drops due to power rationing

Power rationing policies are in effect in many provinces in order to limit activities of energy-intensive industrial enterprises. There [...]
October 25, 2021 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China

Bergs Timber to become co-owner of Wood Tube

Bergs becomes a part owner and industrial partner in the Värmland-based innovation company Wood Tube and provides the [...]

Germany: Lumber available again; are prices going down too?

    The high price of wood in spring and summer 2021 took everyone by surprise - home builders [...]

US wood panel manufacturers say mandatory Covid 19 vaccination could disrupt production

      US wood panel manufacturers have expressed concern about potential production disruption coming from President [...]

IKEA expects that product shortages to last well into summer of 2022

Ikea has become the latest retailer to warn on supply chain problems, saying on Thursday that stock shortages were likely [...]

100 companies ask for suspension of antidumping duties on Russian birch plywood

    Brussels has been accused of driving building businesses across Europe to the brink of insolvency after [...]

USNR and Wood Fiber merger to create a giant supplier

    Two North American sawmill suppliers are joining forces: USNR and Wood Fiber will become the biggest [...]

Procedures for assessing effectiveness of EUTR are inadequate

In a report published 4 October, the European Court of Auditors concluded that EC procedures for assessing effectiveness of the [...]

Congested Chinese ports put pressure on softwood log imports

    Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats [...]