Asia & Middle East

EU tropical wood trade up 16% in H1/2019

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first half of this year compared to [...]

Timber skyscrapers hold the key to green cities

    Recent studies have shown the environmental benefits of timber residential developments and in future wooden skyscrapers [...]

EU demand for tropical flooring contracts

    Total imports of real-wood flooring into the EU increased 6.2% to 29.52 million [...]

India: Currrent prices for domestic and imported wood products

    Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-31 August 2019     [...]

Record softwood lumber imports in China

Demand for lumber in China, the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Netherlands increased this year despite a slowdown in the [...]

Global plywood industry affected by US-China trade war and slow Chinese economy

The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]

Prices and market developments for the global wood pellet trade

The global wood pellets market revenue amounted to $5,359.9B in 2018, rising by 6.8% against the previous [...]

European sawlog prices fall to a nine-year low

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell for the fifth consecutive quarter in the 2Q/19, reaching a two-year [...]

Surge in Vietnamese plywood exports coming from Chinese firms looking to avoid trade war tariffs

Vietnam suspects that a surge in plywood exports to the U.S. is actually coming from Chinese firms looking to [...]

Vietnam: 18,6% more forestry exports during January-August

Vietnam’s forestry exports in the January-August period reached US$7.08 billion, up 18.6% over the same [...]