Archives: 2020

WTO backs Canada in lumber complaint against U.S. tariffs

    On Monday, August 24th, 2020, a three-person panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) released [...]

Austrian Binderholz enters US market with acquisition of Klausner Lumber One

In a virtual auction held on Friday, August 21st, 2020, The Austrian binderholz Group, was able to purchase and secure [...]

Covid-19 significantly disrupts Indian imports of logs

    India continues to face Covid-19 issues and is currently a much smaller market for logs [...]

Canadian lumber giants’ shares on a booming trend due to record lumber prices

    New record high prices for lumber and wood panel products thanks to continuing robust demand from [...]

Australian softwood logs export hits record high as Chinese demand is very active

    Australia’s softwood log exports exploded to a new monthly record in June, with total exports [...]

China to buy bark beetle-infested spruce from Germany, spurning Canada

    The bark beetle has been a headache for Andreas Voss, chief wood marketer of Germany's [...]

Current wood imports and inventories in China

Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.44 million m3 at the end of June 2020 [...]

Europe lumber suppliers benefit from record prices in US

The prices of exported lumber from Europe to the United States has doubled for European suppliers since mid-April. With [...]

Germany deployed army in forests to fight against the bark beetle

In the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate, the German army has been deployed to fight against bark beetles. In the neighboring [...]