Asia & Middle East

ISO published new standard for chain of custody of wood products

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) has published a new, voluntary standard for chain of custody (CoC) of wood and [...]

Indian plywood market influenced by new pattern of demand

The plywood market in India has absorbed an earlier price rise but supplies are still increasing faster than demand. Analysts [...]

Tropical wood imports in Europe affected by low supplies

Looking at factors behind the sales trends, European importers earlier reported supply issues out of Asia due to an extended [...]

Forecasts for 2019’s wood pellets market

    From a North American producer’s perspective, 2018 was one of the best years in quite [...]

UAE’s wood products demand forecast to rise sharply due to $2.4 trillion worth of construction projects

The wood industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to boom over the next two years as the [...]

Japanese wood pellets imports set new record

Wood pellet imports in Japan reached a record 506,000 metric tons in 2017, and are expected to increase again [...]

Global construction boom is most likely to have reached its peak in 2018

After ten years of growth (2008-2018), the peak has been reached in the global construction growth cycle: 2018 will [...]

Record-high values for Vietnamese wood products exports during 2018

    Vietnam’s wood and wood products exports reached a record high in the first 11 months [...]

Wood pellet imports in South Korea reach all-time high in November

South Korean wood pellet imports reached an all-time high in November, as more cargoes reached Busan and Pohang ports [...]

Latest price list for Indian imported wood products

Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-30 November 2018    Plantation teak prices  [...]