Current trends in Russia’s birch plywood market
Global plywood production has reached a level of about 160 million m3 in the recent years. China accounts for over [...]
June 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Russia
More than 600 US companies want to urge Trump to end tariffs of Chinese products
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan [...]
June 26, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Stocks of logs at Chinese ports starting to fall
Total softwood log stocks across China have reduced slightly from last month to around 3.8 million m3. Daily uplift [...]
June 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
Seasonal price decrease for German wood pellets
As well as in May, in June the price of wood pellets in Germany fell from the previous month by [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Investments and business outlook of the Russian sawmilling industry
The Russian sawmilling industry is characterized by fragmentation, a division between large export-oriented companies and [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia
Former closed sawmill in BC converts to wood pellets
A sawmill in McBride, B.C., that shutdown 13 years ago is getting a new life [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Energy / North America
Tropical timber imports to benefit from EU deforestation policies
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Massive curtailments in BC push US softwood lumber prices up
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Swedish softwood lumber exports to China collapse, but compensated with booming deliveries to Egypt
Sweden increased softwood lumber exports to Egypt by 68.2% y-o-y in first quarter [...]
June 24, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / China / Europe
Myanmar allows plantation teak exports
The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry [...]
June 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East