Many plywood mills in Malaysia and Indonesia stop production due to logs supply shortage
Log supply shortage is serious in both Malaysia and Indonesia, and this has forced some plywood [...]
December 18, 2018
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Global sawlog prices keep on decreasing during Q3/2018
Softwood sawlog prices declined throughout the world in the 3Q/18. Consequently, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell 3 [...]
December 18, 2018
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European imports of tropical logs recover this year
After a downturn in 2017, the quantity of EU imports of tropical logs recovered ground in the first nine months [...]
December 11, 2018
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EU tropical timber imports recover in Q3/2018
EU imports of tropical wood products dipped sharply in 2017 and started this year very slowly but recovered some lost [...]
December 6, 2018
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22,6% of the global industrial roundwood production is now FSC certified
A recent analysis across FSC forest management audit reports revealed that approximately 423 million cubic meters of wood are harvested [...]
December 6, 2018
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Vietnam’s wood products exports to set new record in 2018
Vietnam’s forestry product export is expected to reach 9.3 billion USD this year, according to the Ministry of [...]
December 6, 2018
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Large BC forestry delegation to visit Asia’s key markets by the end of 2018
Doug Donaldson, B.C. Forests/Rural Development Minister, is taking a large forestry-sector delegation to [...]
December 3, 2018
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Singapore company invests $200 million in a wood processing complex in Russia’s Far East
Singapore's KGK Sudima International Pte Ltd plans to open a high-tech wood processing complex in the Russian Far [...]
November 20, 2018
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Sawlog prices on a downward trend in Russia, Brazil and Eastern Europe
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell by 1.4% from the 1Q/18 to the 2Q/18. This was [...]
November 14, 2018
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Finland: Softwood lumber exports to China and Middle East drop sharply
The Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world decreased by -4% during January - September 2018, as [...]
November 12, 2018
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