China cargo flows return to pre-coronavirus levels
Finally, some good news about the coronavirus and global supply chains: Cargo volumes and ship calls have swiftly [...]
March 18, 2020
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Coronavirus crisis: China aims to revive trade by cutting port fees
China's government is suspending or reducing port fees and other transport costs, a move that is expected to help [...]
March 17, 2020
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Coronavirus: Chinese ports full; supply of logs jammed, prices rising
The supply of both New Zealand radiata pine as well as European spruce is reducing in [...]
March 13, 2020
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FSC releases improved trademark license agreement
The revised and improved license agreement for the FSC certification scheme will initially be implemented with a pilot phase, starting [...]
March 13, 2020
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Coronavirus disrupts wood trade in China; global timber industry starts to shake
As the coronavirus is spreading throughout China, there are many fears that the virus could disrupt the wood trade in [...]
March 4, 2020
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Global wood consumption hits lowest rate in the decade in 2019
The growth in global wood consumption has increased by only 0.3% in 2019, the lowest rate in [...]
February 18, 2020
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Forecast: 2020 trends in global lumber demand
Many in the industry will not remember 2019 positively. Simply put, most global markets were awash [...]
January 21, 2020
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2020 trends in the global lumber market
In North America at least, 2019 will be remembered as the hangover from the 2018 first [...]
January 17, 2020
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Worldwide output of wood products is at 70-year high
The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood [...]
January 16, 2020
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Moody’s 2020 forecast for the global wood products market
-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will [...]
January 8, 2020
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