China

European timber industry companies sign petition for log export ban

More than 9000 European wood processing companies have signed the "Stop Log Exports" petition to be submitted to the European [...]

Chinese H1 log imports grow sharply, while sawn timber purchases crash

According to data released by the China customs, in the first half of 2021, a total of 31.61 million [...]

China: Log demand slows in July

The past six months have brought record New Zealand export log prices to China This has been because of a [...]

Australian softwood log exports crash due to China ban, prices stable

Australia’s average softwood log export price slumped to a reported AUDFob109/m3 in May 2021, down 16% on the [...]

Prices for imported German spruce logs in China drop sharply in June

    According to Chinese importers contacted by Timber Industry News, on average in China, the German spruce [...]

Prices for China’s imported lumber fall sharply after record highs

This year's crazy import price rise in China came to an end in late May. Throughout June, the Chinese [...]

New coronavirus outbreak causes huge backlog at China’s ports

    A coronavirus outbreak in in southern China has clogged ports critical to global trade, causing a [...]

China’s high prices leave New Zealand wood industry in danger

Thirty years ago the Government sold off much of its Crown forestry estate. Today it's looking to forestry, now [...]

European spruce log prices fall sharply in China

In China the prices for softwood logs decreased by 20 € last week due to the standard summer halting demand.  [...]

New Zealand: Log export prices to China at record levels

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs in June increased an average of $5 per JASm3 from May [...]