Chinese sawnwood imports and prices up sharply this year
China’s sawnwood imports in the first quarter of 2018 totalled 8.28 million cubic metres valued at US$2 [...]
September 26, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / China
Segezha Group starts production at new wood pellet plant in Russia
Segezha Group starts production of the wood pellets at the company’s Sokol Timber Company in Russia. According to the [...]
September 26, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / Russia
Production of wood pellets keeps growing in European countries
With a production of about 14.3 MMT in 2017, about fifty percent of global production, the EU is the [...]
September 24, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
Oak lumber restrictions lifted in Croatia
The transport restrictions for oak wood in Croatia which have the purpose of preventing the propagation of the oak lace [...]
September 24, 2018
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Europe might profit from the US-China trade war
The additional tariffs of the US government under President Donald Trump slow the Chinese growth by 0.1 to 0 [...]
September 24, 2018
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European tropical imports disappointing this year
EU imports of tropical wood products have been subdued so far in 2018 with little sign yet of any rebound [...]
September 24, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Vietnamese timber industry to benefit from the US-China trade war
The trade war between the U.S. and China officially started on 6 July after the U.S [...]
September 24, 2018
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Trends and current developments of the German sawmill industry
The German sawmill industry closed 2017 with a positive result. Above all the good 4th quarter dominated the annual result [...]
September 24, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
European forests ravaged by a bark beetle infestation
A bark beetle infestation is currently ravaging forests in Central and some Northern European countries. Reports from Germany, The Czech [...]
September 21, 2018
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China to start tariffs on US wood products starting next week
In response to US measures, China will overtax products imported from that country. The Chinese Government Customs Tariff Commission has [...]
September 21, 2018
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