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Timber import prices started to fall in China

    Timber import prices in China have started to fall in mid-May and continued the downward [...]

Global wood raw material supply is expected to tighten with through 2021

By the last quarter of 2020, timber demand was becoming excessive and record levels continued through Q1, 2021.    [...]

Segezha Group sent first lumber container train from Russia to China

    On May 21, the Arkhangelsk-based company Onega Sawmills - part of the Segezha Group - sent its [...]

Analysis: Russia’s log export ban impact on global wood markets

    Russia’s proposed log export ban in 2022 will have a far-reaching impact on global [...]

Poland: Roundwood prices are rising at a dizzying pace due to huge exports to China

Huge demand in the USA and China has led to a 30-50 percent increase in raw material prices in [...]

New Zealand log export prices to China continue to rise in May

Despite a strengthening NZD, the At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zealand exported logs in May increased an average [...]

Finnish lumber in short supply in China due to high prices

According to Chinese importers contacted by Timber Industry News, the supply of Finnish pine lumber in China's domestic market [...]

China mills struggling with higher import log prices

The rate of increase in log prices has slowed with some mills in China now struggling with the higher log [...]

Russian government confirms log exports ban starting 2022

The Russian government is not considering lifting the ban on the export of logs, which will enter into force in [...]