Japanese pellet imports expected to exceed 2 million tons in 2020
Japan imported a record 1.6 million metric tons of wood pellets last year, primarily from Vietnam and Canada. Wood [...]
December 6, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
China: Upward trend in purchase prices of European spruce logs
Softwood log inventory in China has reduced by approximately 17% over the last month to 3.6m m3. [...]
December 3, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China / Europe
China extends ban on imports of timber from Australia
China has indefinitely suspended imports of all Victorian timber logs, less than a week after an unofficial ban on Australian [...]
November 23, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
Chinese softwood logs and lumber imports update (Sep. 2020)
Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.6 million m3 at the [...]
November 20, 2020
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Canada to issue plywood dumping order against China
The Canadian Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association (CHPVA) says it welcomes the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA [...]
November 11, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
China’s sawnwood imports dropped sharply in H1/2020
According to China Customs data, China imported 17 million cubic metres of sawnwood in the first half of [...]
November 9, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China
Estonian companies looking to buy sawn timber from Belarus
Timber processors in Estonia are looking into procuring sawn timber from Belarus. However, even though raw material is cheaper in [...]
November 9, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
EU tropical timber imports stronger than expected
Total EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products was US$1.98 [...]
November 9, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa / Europe / South America
EU launches anti-dumping procedure for birch plywood imports from Russia
The European Union has launched an anti-dumping procedure for the import of birch plywood from [...]
October 26, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood-based Panels / Europe / Russia
Steady recovery in European plywood imports from China
In terms of plywood supply to Europe the major concern early on in the pandemic was China. [...]
October 12, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / China / Europe
