Belarus timber flows to EU circumventing sanctions via Central Asia
Belarus is circumventing EU sanctions by exporting its timber to EU countries using false documents claiming that the wood comes [...]
December 26, 2022
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Europe / Russia
China: Hopes that Covid restriction easing would bring back wood demand
Several major Chinese banks have adopted a government led 16-point rescue plan to extend billions to struggling private developers [...]
December 19, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
India: Weak log and sawn timber import market
Activity in Gandhidham is slow to recover after the Diwali holidays due to negative sentiment. Log importers and sawmills report [...]
December 16, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / Europe / North America
Global container freight rates falling sharply
For more than two years the only way for container shipping prices was up. That trend is now reversing as [...]
December 16, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia
EU approves import ban law on products linked to deforestation
The European Union agreed on Tuesday on a new law to prevent companies from selling into [...]
December 8, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
EU tropical wood imports slow with mounting signs of recession
In the first nine months of this year the EU27 imported 1.53 million tonnes of [...]
December 6, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Vietnamese wood manufacturers on alert for unpredictable new year prospects
While the United States is nearing a stance on imported wood that will affect Vietnam, domestic producers are being urged [...]
December 5, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Asia & Middle East
Top 15 biggest lumber producing companies in the world
GWMI picked the top 15 companies across the globe based on their softwood lumber production figures for 2021. The list [...]
December 1, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Global demand for timber could grow fourfold by 2050
The World Bank forecasts that global timber demand will quadruple by 2050, driven by economic and [...]
December 1, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Wood industry at COP 27: Combining climate protection and business
At the COP 27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Austria's timber [...]
November 20, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Energy / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
