Japanese corporations take over global forest investor
New Forests, a Sydney-based Australian investment company that invests in natural assets worldwide, including sustainably managed forests, is to [...]
June 1, 2022
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India: Wood import market blocked due to cargo issues and fumigation rules
Kandla port is forecast to be very busy with four log vessels arriving from Uruguay and Argentina as well as [...]
May 27, 2022
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Japan’s lumber industry under pressure due to ban on Russian wood
The global lumber industry has been through a tumultuous period over the past year or so [...]
May 11, 2022
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Moody’s: Negative outlook for the forest products industry in the next 12 months
According to Moody’s, the paper and forest products industry’s EBITDA will decrease by 10 [...]
May 9, 2022
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Global supply-chain congestion shows signs of easing
Port bottlenecks that have increased supply-chain congestion because of the war in Ukraine and lockdowns in China may be [...]
May 4, 2022
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Intense negotiations underway on EU “deforestation free” law
Intense negotiations continue within the European Council and European Parliament towards agreement of a final text of the law "on [...]
May 3, 2022
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China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave
Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]
April 25, 2022
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Lumber prices rise in Japan as builders run out of Russian wood
Lumber prices have reached record highs in Japan since economic sanctions were imposed against Russia, leading [...]
April 25, 2022
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Japan bans the import of Russian timber
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently announced that he will stop importing some Russian timber products from this week.  [...]
April 15, 2022
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New Zealand’s forestry sector hopes fumigation alternative will unlock Indian market
New Zealand's forestry sector is hopeful exports to India will resume now the Environmental Protection [...]
April 13, 2022
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