Archives: 2020

Investigation finds European companies taking advantage of loophole to imports teak

     A new investigation has uncovered a scheme exploiting a loophole in the European Union Timber Regulation [...]

Worldwide demand for African tropical timber decreasing

Millers in West Africa have provided some comments on shipping opportunities and market developments saying they have been told ports [...]

Timber prices in Russia on an upward trend

    In April 2020, the export price of hardwood timber used for sawing and planing in Russia [...]

US plywood market coming back to life after COVID-19

In the past three weeks we have seen Western US plywood markets building and coming alive, after about a ten [...]

Many companies interested in Klausner’s Lumber One sawmill in Florida

    The Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Live Oak, Florida is said to have a new owner [...]

UK applies tariffs for imported wood and wood products from 2021

From 1 January 2021, the UK will apply a UK-specific tariff to imported goods. The UK Global Tariff (UKGT [...]
June 8, 2020 Forestry / Sawmilling / ...Europe

US hardwood producers receive double hit from trade conflict with China and COVID-19

   The trade conflict with China has hit the United States hardwood sector hard and the coronavirus pandemic has [...]

2020 International Softwood Conference to take place digitally

    The European Timber Association (ETTF) and the European Organization of Sawmills (EOS) announce that the 68th [...]

Canadian lumber giants’ shares see spectacular rise

   Canadian lumber producers' shares soar on strong demand, prices, fueled by better-than-expected US housing market indicators [...]

Prices of exported New Zealand logs rise sharply; low Chinese inventories

Exports of logs from New Zealand were worth just $96 million in April 2020, down $211 million from $307 million [...]