Asia & Middle East

Supply of Vietnamese eucalyptus plywood is running short

Supply of Vietnamese eucalyptus plywood for crating is getting tight so the distribution volume in Japan is dropping considerably, reports [...]

Moody’s forecast for global paper and forest products industry upgrades to ‘positive’

Moody’s Corporation, bond credit rating business Moody’s Investors Service, has released a report which has changed the outlook [...]

India: Latest prices for teak, sawnwood and plywood

    The price list for teak, sawnwood and plywood between 1-15 June, 2018.    [...]

Global softwood lumber prices increased during Q1/2018

    Global softwood lumber prices continued their two-year climb in the Q1/18 with the pace [...]

GreenPly Industries inaugurates MDF production at plant in India

    GreenPly Industries expects to commence commercial production at the company’s new MDF plant in Chittoor [...]

Global forest industry trends during the first quarter of 2018

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) jumped 5.1% q-o-q in the 1Q/18 to reach its highest [...]

IKEA sets the lowest prices for its first store in India

IKEA prepares for the opening of its first store in India, in Hyderabad, this July. The biggest change that the [...]

Timber industry in Sabah might recover once with log export ban

    The export of logs from Sabah, a major timber producing state, has been banned with immediate [...]

Future demands for wood products in Japan

    Japan's Forestry Agency has recently organized a meeting regarding the future of the wood demand [...]

EU imports of tropical sawnwood went down during Q1/2018

EU imports of tropical sawn wood decreased 6% to 166,100 MT in the first quarter of 2018. This was [...]