Austria’s wood industry not ready for EU’s RED II directive.
Austrian representatives from the forestry, wood and energy industries warn of chaos due to the lack of implementation of the [...]
October 6, 2023
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EUDR encourages development of comprehensive wood tracking framework inside the EU
One forest products sector characterised by both heavy reliance on smallholder, and where a very large proportion of products is [...]
October 6, 2023
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New market opportunities for Vietnam’s wood product exports
Although Vietnam’s wood industry is still facing many difficulties wood and wood products (W&WP) exports have shown [...]
October 6, 2023
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Polish wood industry faces crisis as illegal Russian and Belarusian impact domestic market
The Polish wood industry is in dire straits as it grapples with an influx of illegal Russian and Belarusian wood [...]
October 5, 2023
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Early insights into potential trade impacts of EUDR
The comments of policy makers and trade analysts in recent media articles imply that there will be winners and losers [...]
October 5, 2023
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Homag Group suspends participation at Holz-Handwerk due to difficult economic times
The Homag Group has announced that it will suspend its participation in the Holz-Handwerk trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany [...]
October 5, 2023
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New Zealand log exports facing changing global demand trends
September AWG prices for New Zealand's exported logs remained similar to August AWG prices at North Island ports while [...]
October 5, 2023
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Plummeting wood prices in Germany amidst construction crisis and high energy costs
Wood prices in Germany continued to fall in September. One reason is the construction crisis and the slump in sales [...]
October 4, 2023
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Large sawmill companies in Estonia forced to reduce production
Sawmills in Southeastern Estonia are continuing to have to reduce output and make lay-offs as uncompetitiveness in domestic prices [...]
October 4, 2023
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EUDR: Policy dialogue heats up
Following passage of the EU Deforestation Regulation into law on 31 May and with enforcement now due to start in [...]
October 4, 2023
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