Dutch imports of FLEGT licensed timber are on the rise
FLEGT licensing is helping importers to comply with EUTR, while the forest sector reforms and new [...]
July 15, 2019
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Vietnam imports large quantities of timber and wood products from the US
Vietnam has been moving towards building a sustainable wood processing industry that uses legal materials in [...]
July 10, 2019
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West Fraser announced operations curtailment in Alberta, US
On the 1st of July, West Fraser announced a temporary, two-week suspension of production at its Alberta Plywood operations [...]
July 10, 2019
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Softwood logs exports from the EU to China doubled during Q1/2019
The total European softwood logs deliveries to China have went significantly up during the first quarter of the year, due [...]
July 10, 2019
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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 [...]
July 10, 2019
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Segezha Group launches 250,000 m2/yr CLT plant construction
Segezha Group launched construction of the CLT manufacturing plant. The modern engineered material for wooden construction to be produced in [...]
July 10, 2019
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China’s plywood exports and prices on the rise
According to the data from China Customs, the volume of China’s 2018 plywood exports was 11.33 million cubic [...]
July 10, 2019
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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 [...]
July 10, 2019
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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 [...]
July 10, 2019
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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 [...]
July 8, 2019
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