German institute develops new drying technique that could reduce costs for biomass
A new steam drying technique for wood developed through the EU-funded SteamBio project could significantly reduce transportation costs for [...]
June 13, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Global forest industry trends during the first quarter of 2018
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) jumped 5.1% q-o-q in the 1Q/18 to reach its highest [...]
June 13, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East / China / Europe / North America / Russia
Canada might enforce tariffs on US plywood imports
Canada has recently announced it would impose tariffs on plywood and other products imported from the US. [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Sawmills in France at risk because of higher oak logs demand from China
China's increased demand for wood has made the oak logs exports from France to boom. Moreover, the larger demand [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
Strong wood demand in Central/West Africa will bring better prices for logs and sawnwood
Producers in Central and West Africa announced that the stable market situation reported last month is being maintained and they [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa
Latest trends in US particleboard market
The U.S. particleboard market totalled 22.8M cubic metres in 2017, 4.6M cubic metres (or 17%) less than [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Wood-based products exports from Brazil went up by 30%
In April 2018, the value of Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 30% compared to [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / South America
Government of Cameroon starts to investigate Douala port operations
The Cameroon government has appointed a new Commission to investigate the failed operations at Douala Port. [...]
June 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa
EU tropical logs imports have pulled through last year’s downturn
After a downturn in 2017, EU imports of tropical logs recovered a little ground at the start of 2018. Imports [...]
June 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Timber industry in Sabah might recover once with log export ban
The export of logs from Sabah, a major timber producing state, has been banned with immediate [...]
June 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
