Australia and Pacific Region

CLT market to witness significant growth in the upcoming years

The global cross laminated timber market is expected to grow from USD 724.00 million in 2021 to USD 1442 [...]

China: COVID-19 cases spike puts pressure on timber prices

    China's new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases spiked to a near three-month high. In [...]

What role do forest and forest products play in the COP26 climate summit

The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow focuses on increasing countries' commitments to reduce fossil emissions. What role will the forest [...]

High shipping costs put pressure on New Zealand log export prices to China

    CFR sale prices for logs in China are reasonable but extremely high shipping costs continue to [...]

Pressure on China softwood log prices due to congestion issues

The CFR price for A-grade logs in China has remained variable but the top end is still 182 USD [...]

Global supply chain crisis could extend into 2023

    The supply chain crisis threatening the global economy risks lasting at least another year unless governments [...]

Congested Chinese ports put pressure on softwood log imports

    Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats [...]

Sharp drop in New Zealand log export prices in October

With record high prices in the traditionally slow months of June and July now, New Zealand log export prices have [...]

China timber demand sluggish despite start of construction season

It looked like things were stabilising in September with in-market pricing seemingly finding a floor level and some exporters [...]