Australia and Pacific Region

James Jones & Sons Ltd. takes 60% stake in Australian Hyne Timber

    James Jones & Sons Ltd., a family-owned and managed forest products company, now under its [...]

Norske Skog to sell its wood pellet company in New Zealand

Norske Skog has entered into agreement with Talley’s Group, a New Zealand based dairy, fishing, produce and food company [...]

Outlook for New Zealand’s exports of logs to China challenging

New Zealand log export revenue was up 34 percent during the year to 30 June 2021 due to stronger than [...]

Japan’s Sumitomo to buy timberlands in New Zealand to export logs to China

    Sumitomo Corporation has acquired timberland in the North Island of New Zealand through its local subsidiary [...]

Chinese softwood lumber imports drop 26% in 2021

    China’s imports of softwood lumber in 2021 declined by -26.2% year-over-year to [...]

Chinese timber import market faces a complicated 2022

    At the beginning of the new year, the Chinese timber industry is waiting for the market [...]

New Zealand’s wood industry optimistic as log export prices lift

    The New Zealand forestry industry has started the New Year with a bit more optimism than [...]

China’s demand for New Zealand logs uncertain; prices stable in December

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zwealand exported logs remained unchanged in December, although there were reported some [...]

China’s demand for softwood logs expected to be reduced in Q1/2022

Softwood inventory levels in China have dropped slightly to 4.5mln m3 and daily offtake remains steady at 75k per [...]