Asia & Middle East

Vietnamese wood processing companies have suspended or reduced operations

Vietnamese wood processing firms have reduced production or suspended operations as most of the major importing countries for their products [...]

Coronavirus crisis effects on the global trade of wood products likely to last until 2021

    Pandemic effects will be delayed for forest products industries and recovery slower, particularly for landowners who [...]

Raw material supply for wood pellet industry causes concerns as many sawmills are closing

    Expectations of a downturn in sawmill activity — a likely result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — has [...]

Indonesia to end SVLK

Indonesia’s trade ministry has scrapped a requirement for wood exporters to obtain licenses verifying their wood comes from legal [...]

India’s wood industry ceases activity due to strict lockdown measures

    India has taken drastic measures against the spread of the coronavirus entering a strict lockdown. The [...]

Vietnam: Exports of wood products expected to fall sharply as main markets are under lockdown

Vietnam will see significant decline in exports of timber and wooden products in the next three months due to COVID [...]

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global wood pellet market

    The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause a global economic depression. Many sectors are being and [...]