China

German exports of logs at record pace

    Germany continued to export logs at record pace in early 2020, with almost 50% of the [...]

Floods in China expected to have an impact on timber demand

The summer rains arrived early this year in China and with unusual intensity. Over the past weeks, the average precipitation [...]

Booming exports of sawn timber from Belarus to China, via railway

Since the beginning of this year, the exports of Belarusian Forestry Ministry enterprises have increased significantly. From January to May [...]

U.S. DoC finds dumping of wood mouldings and millwork from China

    The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD [...]

Germany gains market shares in China log imports

China Customs data shows that in the first half of this year China’s log imports totalled 19.68 million [...]

Chinese wood processing companies strongly impacted by slow demand abroad

     78% of China's wood processing companies currently are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, while [...]

China is now the leading market for Brazilian particleboard

In the first semester of 2020 (6M-2020) China became the main export market for the Brazilian particleboard / MDP (PB [...]

German spruce lumber puts pressure on Finnish and Russian exports to China

After February, a large volume of German spruce lumber was reported at the Chinese ports, with imports reaching approximately 340 [...]

African tropical timber exports driven down by pandemic

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has adversely affected West Africa’s export markets, imports, foreign investment, tourism and remittances [...]

Damaged wood from Europe invades the Chinese timber market

Chinese timber imports fell by 21% in the first five months of 2020. Instead of 17.5 million m³, China [...]