Global prices for pulp soar to record-highs
Strong pulp markets and record high prices for both softwood and hardwood market pulp resulted in upward price pressures on [...]
July 10, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / North America
China forbids fumigation of logs imported from US
It has been reported that fumigation of imported logs from the US has been forbidden in China. [...]
July 6, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China / North America
Swedish sawmills exported less lumber to China
The Swedish sawmills exported 3.2 million m3 of sawn and planed lumber during the Jan [...]
July 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling
Russian timber sector boosts production capacity
The Russian timber sector is in buoyant mood and increasing capacity, including in wood-based construction, after a robust performance [...]
July 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / Russia
Rising construction sector improves French timber market
In France, the importers association Le Commerce du Bois reports that trade was buoyed by 2%-plus GDP growth last [...]
July 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
US lumber prices continue rising trend
Framing lumber prices in the US have started to regain stability last week, after steep double [...]
July 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / North America
Latvian Vika Wood expands sawmill production capacity
The Latvian wood-processing company Vika Wood has been recently granted a long-term loan of EUR 7.5 million [...]
July 5, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Woodworking Machinery / Europe
EPA introduces new regulation for composite wood products
The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that as of June 1, 2018, all imported and domestically-produced composite wood panels [...]
July 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Supply of Vietnamese eucalyptus plywood is running short
Supply of Vietnamese eucalyptus plywood for crating is getting tight so the distribution volume in Japan is dropping considerably, reports [...]
July 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
EU wants to establish a 32% share for renewable energy by 2030
On 27 June 2018, EU ambassadors endorsed the provisional agreement reached by the Bulgarian Presidency on the revision of the [...]
July 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
