Asia & Middle East

Vietnam takes benefit from the US/China trade war

    In the first three months of 2019 Vietnam’s wood product exports were valued at around [...]

India: Latest prices for wood products in June

Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-30 June 2019    Plantation teak prices  [...]

Wood fiber costs for softwood pulp manufacturers reach the highest level in five years

The Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has risen the past two years. In the 1Q/19, the Index reached its [...]

Vietnam wood imports at record high due to the rapidly expanding processing sector

    In 2018, Vietnam’s wood processing industry imported the roundwood equivalent nearly 10 million cu.m [...]

Global sawlog prices fall sharply in the first quarter of 2019

In the first quarter of 2019, the global sawlog prices fell to the lowest level in two years. Sawlog prices [...]

Vietnam-EU FTA to boost deliveries of Vietnamese wood products to the European market

    Vietnam and the European Union (EU) last week signed a landmark free trade deal that will [...]

Dutch imports of FLEGT licensed timber are on the rise

    FLEGT licensing is helping importers to comply with EUTR, while the forest sector reforms and new [...]

Vietnam imports large quantities of timber and wood products from the US

    Vietnam has been moving towards building a sustainable wood processing industry that uses legal materials in [...]

New technology promises to create 3D printed wood products

A 3D printing process that uses a wood-based ink to produce components with the unique ‘ultrastructure’ of wood has [...]

India: June prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood

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