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Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1, despite trade interruptions

    Global sawlog prices hardly change in Q1 from Q4, despite trade interruptions, uncertainty about short-term [...]

Swedish sawmills gain market shares in China and US during pandemic

          Many Swedish sawmills are now running at full speed again [...]

High import prices determine sawmills in China to slow down or stop production

   In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]

Worries over the evolution of China’s log demand in the medium term

There are some concerns about the China log market in the medium term. China’s finance minister Liu Kun said [...]

Currency devaluation agains US dollar puts additional pressure on Chinese timber importers

    On May 28, the People ’s Bank of China authorized the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center [...]

US hardwood producers receive double hit from trade conflict with China and COVID-19

   The trade conflict with China has hit the United States hardwood sector hard and the coronavirus pandemic has [...]

2020 International Softwood Conference to take place digitally

    The European Timber Association (ETTF) and the European Organization of Sawmills (EOS) announce that the 68th [...]

Prices of exported New Zealand logs rise sharply; low Chinese inventories

Exports of logs from New Zealand were worth just $96 million in April 2020, down $211 million from $307 million [...]

Chinese plywood market still sluggish

According to Chinese merchants, after experiencing heavy volume in April, the recent dynamics of the Chinese plywood market has been [...]