South Korea’s Dongwha to build large MDF plant in Vietnam
Dongwha Enterprise, one of South Korea’s best wood materials manufacturer, began construction of its very first independent production facility [...]
June 3, 2020
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Global trade of forest products goes on despite coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted the supply chains for numerous industry sectors worldwide the past few months. [...]
June 3, 2020
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European organisations call for FLEGT measures to be extended and deepened
While there was broad support for the FLEGT process and the EUTR, there was also a call for the FLEGT [...]
June 3, 2020
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EU organisations to reaffirm their support for FLEGT and EUTR
Feedback received by the EC on their “fitness check” of the FLEGT and EUTR regulations indicates a high degree of [...]
June 1, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic is impacting raw material availability for wood pellet producers
A pellet producer survey shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting raw material availability. Most [...]
May 28, 2020
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Indonesia’s timber legality system remains in place
Indonesia has rowed back on plans to weaken rules for the timber products it exports, as green groups warned the [...]
May 26, 2020
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Vietnam’s main business partners suspend wood products import orders
The export market shares of wood and wooden products of Vietnam are mainly in the US, Japan, Europe, and China [...]
May 25, 2020
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Vietnamese wood industry needs fundamental change in export product lines, markets
The wood industry needs a fundamental change in export product lines and markets after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, an [...]
May 19, 2020
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Sharp drop in China’s tropical log imports
Tropical log imports in the first two months of 2020 amounted 1.30 million cubic metres, down 26% year on [...]
May 19, 2020
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Malaysia’s wood pellet sector in uncertainty
Malaysia's wood pellet sector remains in a state of uncertainty despite an easing of Covid-19 restrictions [...]
May 15, 2020
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