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U.S. hardwood products included in the new Chinese tariff exclusions

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing issued an official translation of the Chinese Tariff [...]

Stora Enso completed divestment of mill in Germany

    Stora Enso has completed the sale of its KVH plant in Pfarrkirchen, Germany to the financial [...]

Andritz completes equipment start-up for Moelven’s sawmill in Sweden

     Andritz has successfully completed the start-up of a Universal Shredder FRP at the Moelven Notn [...]

Record wood pellet production in Germany; prices still stable

     Of the record production of more than 2.82 million t of wood pellets (+ 16.8 [...]

Vietnamese wood companies seek for alternative materials suppliers due to coronavirus crisis

   Local wood processing enterprises need to widen supply chains with a focus on seeking suppliers from domestic and [...]

Large forest owners association forms in Sweden

28,000 Swedish forest owners formed the new Norra Skog business association through the merger of Norrskog and Norra Skogsagarna [...]

FSC releases improved trademark license agreement

The revised and improved license agreement for the FSC certification scheme will initially be implemented with a pilot phase, starting [...]

Swedish forest industry impacted by weak European markets

    As a whole, 2019 was a good year for the Swedish forest industry, but not as [...]

Czech Republic: Bark beetle infestation to double this year and again next year

   Bark beetle will attack up to 60 million cubic meters of wood this year in the Czech Republic [...]