Archives: April 2022

US South supply to help contain lumber price increases in coming years

The US lumber market remains highly volatile, but the supply chain continues to ramp up production to meet demand, which [...]

China’s plywood exports hit record high

    China’s plywood exports hit a record high According to China Customs plywood exports were 12 [...]

Impact of the Ukraine war on the Finnish forest sector

    The most significant consequences of the war for the Finnish forest sector are the cessation of [...]

Netherlands: Availability of wood products to be greatly disrupted

    The Royal Association of Dutch Timber Companies (VVNH) has concluded that the ever-increasing package of [...]

China cancels tariffs on New Zealand wood products

China will implement an upgrade to the free trade agreement between Beijing and Wellington to eliminate tariffs of 12 wood [...]

Extreme supply chain chaos hits lumber industry in N. America

The strangest North American lumber market in memory keeps getting stranger.    Canfor Corp., one of North [...]

Next bark beetle outbreak on the way

After the long-standing bark beetle calamity in western Canada came to an end a few years ago and we [...]

Subdued New Zealand log supply to China maintains price increases

    The prices for New Zealand export logs increased an average of $6 in March. Reduced log [...]

High costs hit Vietnamese wood product manufacturers

    Rising input costs are eroding the profits of Vietnamese wood product manufacturers putting them at risk [...]