Forestry

Chinese softwood lumber imports went 17% up during Jan.-May 2019

In January-May 2019, China increased softwood lumber imports by 17.1% year-on-year to 11.6 million m3 [...]

Traders in Belgium and the Netherlands support combined FLEGT and EUTR licenses

    Although the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) has narrowed the supply base for tropical timber imported into [...]

Lumber prices in the US keep on going up through the end of June

    The frenzied pace of trading in many US framing lumber species in recent weeks gave way [...]

Sharp fall in Chinese imports of US forest products this year

The flow of lumber, logs and pulp from the US to China has fallen sharply since the US government initiated [...]

New technology promises to create 3D printed wood products

A 3D printing process that uses a wood-based ink to produce components with the unique ‘ultrastructure’ of wood has [...]

Russian pine gains market share in the Chinese market

    In recent years, the central and western regions have become a hot spot for China's [...]

India: June prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood

    Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 1-15 June 2019     [...]

Falling spruce roundwood prices in Finland

    Spruce roundwood prices in Finland are on a falling trend in May 2019, both as compared [...]

SCA to buy another 10,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia

SCA has signed an agreement to acquire Sundin Mezs SIA from the unlisted Swedish company Livland Skog AB. Sundin Mezs [...]

Brazil: June price overview for various exported wood products

    Latest prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood as of 1-15 June, 2019.   [...]