Latest Trends

Kazakhstan temporary bans exports of timber

A temporary prohibition on the export of timber has entered into force in Kazakhstan,Trendreports with reference to the press [...]
August 29, 2019 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East

New rules for US hardwood logs exports to the European Union

The new EU implementing directive 2019/523 of 21 March 2019 (available on request) concerns the protection measures against the [...]

Vietnam expands wood pellet exports to Japan

Pellet imports to Japan from Vietnam jumped 219.6% y-o-y in first half of 2019 to 420.9 [...]

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 [...]