China expected to become BC’s main forest products export market, surpassing the US
Canada’s key export-support organization boldly predicts China will surpass the United States as British Columbia’s top market [...]
November 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
100 million m3 of damages in Europe due to storms and beetle infestation in over 1 year
The autumn storm "Vaia", which led to large-scale damages in the forests of northern Italy and southern Austria from [...]
November 14, 2018
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Sawlog prices on a downward trend in Russia, Brazil and Eastern Europe
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell by 1.4% from the 1Q/18 to the 2Q/18. This was [...]
November 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
US softwood lumber prices decreased by 22% since summer
In October, prices for softwood lumber in the U.S. dropped 10.3% - the largest decline since May 2011. [...]
November 14, 2018
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China to cut import tariffs on wood products
A recent government announcement effective November 1st, 2018 states that China has reduced import tariffs on more than 1,500 [...]
November 13, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Russia, China and Brazil deliver considerably more plywood to EU countries
The output of plywood imports to Europe showed an important improvement in the first nine months [...]
November 13, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / Europe / Russia / South America
Finland: Softwood lumber exports to China and Middle East drop sharply
The Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world decreased by -4% during January - September 2018, as [...]
November 12, 2018
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Italian forests ravaged by storms; almost 15 million m3 damages
In the past week, the storm Vaia in northeastern Italy has ravaged some forests, especially in the Dolomites. The hardest [...]
November 8, 2018
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Belarus boosts softwood lumber shipments to EU countries
As Belarus decided to ban exports of unprocessed wood starting [...]
November 8, 2018
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India: October prices for imported and domestic wood products
Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-31 October 2018 [...]
November 8, 2018
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