Asia & Middle East

China’s plywood exports hit record high

    China’s plywood exports hit a record high According to China Customs plywood exports were 12 [...]

High costs hit Vietnamese wood product manufacturers

    Rising input costs are eroding the profits of Vietnamese wood product manufacturers putting them at risk [...]

Greenply Industries plans to rise plywood prices to offset rising costs

Greenply Industries Ltd, one of the largest plywood producers in India, is likely to announce a price hike in April [...]

Global log supply to China constrained; prices rising steadily

The price for logs in China has risen steadily through Quarter 1 with the price for A-grade logs now [...]

Sanctions against Russian exports to permanently alter the global trade of forest products

Lumber trade flows changed almost instantly when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Trade sanctions and restrictions in financial transactions [...]

China: Sharp rise in prices for imported softwood lumber

    According to data from China’s Customs 2021 lumber imports totaled 28.84 million cubic meters [...]

EU’s deforestation-free regulatory proposal sparks intense debate

Intense negotiations are ongoing as the draft EU law on "deforestation-free" and "forest degradation-free" products, published by the [...]