Archives: January 2020

Huge timber reserves in Russia’s Far East unexploited sufficiently

Almost half of the lands of the forest fund of the Russian Federation (556.2 million ha, 49%) and a [...]

Resolute Forest to acquire Conifex Timber’s 3 U.S. sawmills

    Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced it will acquire Conifex Timber Inc. 's three U.S. sawmills [...]

Worldwide output of wood products is at 70-year high

    The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood [...]

Brexit has dangerous consequences for the UK plywood market

“Brexit has been awful for the market, with uncertainty affecting demand, projects delayed and households deferring spending,” said a UK [...]

Vietnam’s wood products exports to hit US$11.5 billion this year

According to figures from the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VTFPA), Vietnam’s wood exports value in 2019 is [...]

Softwood lumber production in N. America on a downward trend

    U.S. sawmills produced 26.616 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]

Pressure on the European plywood market continues

In the first half of 2019, the European plywood sector was experiencing a tightening market and competitive conditions. In the [...]

China’s current wood processing industry capacity- short analysis

The output value of China’s timber processing and wood products industries in 2018 was RMB1.3 trillion, accounting for [...]

US loggers seek relief from sharp drop in China log exports

    The Carolina Loggers Association (CLA) has joined logging associations across the United States and the American [...]

World’s lumber producers with mixed performances in 3Q/2019

The financial health of the world’s lumber producers was mixed in the 3Q/19. The gross margins fell in [...]