Asia & Middle East

Worldwide plywood industry is in the process of transformation

    Given China's economic slowdown and tight supply of wood fiber, Asian production and consumption growth [...]

Costs for wood fiber declined for many North American pulpmills during H1/2019

    Wood fiber costs fell in most regions of North America during the first six months of [...]

FSC agrees to initiate dialog to end disassociation of Vietnam Rubber Group

    FSC has agreed to enter a formal dialogue with the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) on the [...]

Plywood industry worldwide is currently transforming and upgrading

Given China's economic slowdown and tight supply of wood fiber, Asian production and consumption growth cannot continue to grow [...]

Wood fiber costs declined during H1/2019 for many pulpmills in North America

Wood fiber costs fell in most regions of North America during the first six months of 2019, with the biggest [...]

India: Latest prices for teak, plywood and sawnwood

    Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 1-15 August 2019     [...]

Wood starts to replace concrete in the global construction industry

For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]

Kazakhstan temporary bans exports of timber

A temporary prohibition on the export of timber has entered into force in Kazakhstan,Trendreports with reference to the press [...]
August 29, 2019 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East

Vietnam expands wood pellet exports to Japan

Pellet imports to Japan from Vietnam jumped 219.6% y-o-y in first half of 2019 to 420.9 [...]

Vietnam becomes top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US

    US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly [...]