Australia and Pacific Region

2020 International Softwood Conference to take place digitally

    The European Timber Association (ETTF) and the European Organization of Sawmills (EOS) announce that the 68th [...]

Prices of exported New Zealand logs rise sharply; low Chinese inventories

Exports of logs from New Zealand were worth just $96 million in April 2020, down $211 million from $307 million [...]

Global trade of forest products goes on despite coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted the supply chains for numerous industry sectors worldwide the past few months.   [...]

Australian timber industry tries to save 2020 bushfire damaged logs

    The 2020 bushfire season in Australia was one of the harshest fire seasons on record.  [...]

Germany becomes the second supplier of logs to China

China’s log imports in the first two months of 2020 totalled 7.73 million cubic metres valued at US [...]

First shipments of New Zealand radiata pine to China expected soon

After nearly a month of strict lockdown, forest industry businesses in New Zealand has restarted activity, after the Government moved [...]

New Zealand’s forest industry could face wave of closures

New Zealand's forestry industry could face a wave of closures without Government intervention, says the Red Stag boss, a [...]

Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]

Shortage of imported timber throws Chinese wood industry into panic

The demand for imported wood in China's wood products industry has gradually recovered. However, on the one hand, overseas [...]