Archives: May 2020

Bergs Timber resumes normal production as demand improves

Bergs Timber has resumed normal production at its Swedish and Estonian sawmills on May 4, citing good demand in important [...]

Bark beetle starts spreading in Europe’s forests

    A third consecutive year of bark beetle calamity is expected to destroy the European spruce forests [...]

Vietnam’s wood industry faces coronavirus pandemic and anti-dumping tariffs

    The widespread coronavirus  pandemic has resulted in a serious disruption of the supply chains. Besides difficulties [...]

Sharp fall in Chinese wood and wood products imports in Q1/2020

According to Chinese customs statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, China’s wood and wood products imports were 15 [...]

New Zealand’s forest industry could face wave of closures

New Zealand's forestry industry could face a wave of closures without Government intervention, says the Red Stag boss, a [...]

Finnish pine in limited supply; prices in Chinese markets on the rise

Finnish pine lumber shipments to China in the first quarter of this year fell by more than 50% compared with [...]

Germany: Great drought in April favor bark beetle outbreaks

After the coronavirus has dominated everything for the past few weeks, the topics that brought German foresters sleepless nights last [...]

Overview of China’s plywood production capacity

The number and production capacity of plywood products in Shandong Province have further increased. There are more than 1,400 [...]

Sweden’s Setra plans reduce production on weak demand in Central Europe and UK

    Swedish sawmilling company Setra plans to cut back production by 20% over coming months in response [...]

Impact of pandemic on African tropical timber market

Almost all African countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus and as the number of cases continues to grow more [...]