Market Analysis

January 2019 prices from China’s imports of lumber

    he table above contain the latest price data of different imported lumber assortments at several Chinese [...]

India is a more and more attractive destination for American hardwood

A booming furniture market is expected to drive up demand for American hardwoods in India this year. With the total [...]

Hardwood lumber included in the U.S.-China “Phase One” trade deal

The U.S. and China formalised a limited trade agreement today, signalling a truce in the nearly two-year trade [...]

Indonesian forestry industry forecasts boost in exports in 2020

    Indonesian’s wood products exports totalled US$11.6 billion in 2019, a 4 per cent [...]

Climate change debate threatens the European hardwood market

Headline figures for sawn hardwood consumption in Europe show that demand has been flat for the last decade. However, these [...]

Japanese market for wood pellets continues to expand rapidly

Japan’s market for wood pellets continues to expand rapidly. The policy-driven market opportunity for foreign wood pellet suppliers [...]

Global softwood lumber production is projected to grow by 1.6% in 2020

    In reviewing 2019, where Europe is grouped as “one region,” the five largest producers are Europe [...]

Anti-dumping petitions against China and Brazil wood mouldings and millwork products

    The Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) filed antidumping (AD) petitions on imports of wood mouldings [...]

Laminate flooring production in Europe falls in 2019

In 2019, the worldwide sales of the EPLF members was 447 million m² of laminate flooring from European production (2018 [...]

European bark beetle crisis has multiple implications in global lumber markets

A new wildcard in the global supply of lumber, as well as log exports, is the rapid expansion of the [...]