Global demand for timber could grow fourfold by 2050
The World Bank forecasts that global timber demand will quadruple by 2050, driven by economic and [...]
December 1, 2022
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China: Considerable rise in European spruce log inventories
Softwood log inventories at China’s main ocean ports totaled 3.72 million m3 on October 29th, 2022, a slight [...]
November 22, 2022
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Mixed developments in China-EU wood products trade
According to China Customs in the first nine months of 2022 China’s log imports fell 32% to 33 million [...]
November 20, 2022
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Wood industry at COP 27: Combining climate protection and business
At the COP 27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Austria's timber [...]
November 20, 2022
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Ocean freights drop sharply as global trade slows down
In 2021, the skyrocketing shipping prices have made the world's major shipping companies more profitable, but now, such good [...]
November 11, 2022
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Indonesia slows wood product exports to China and US
According to data recently released by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as of September this year, Indonesia's [...]
November 11, 2022
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Global trade of softwood lumber down 10%
Global trade of softwood lumber fell about 10% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in [...]
November 10, 2022
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Disruptions in global trade of lumber and logs due Ukraine war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th came as a shock to many in Europe [...]
November 4, 2022
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Downturn in China beginning to impact African tropical logs and sawnwood prices
The economic slowdown in China has started to affect FOB prices with prices for okoume, beli and some of the [...]
November 3, 2022
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China: Softwood log demand and prices low; spruce imports from Europe down sharply
China softwood log inventory remains below the 4m m3 despite China having the Golden Week holiday at the start of [...]
October 31, 2022
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