45th CIFF and CIFM/interzum Guangzhou 2020 postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
The postponement of the 45th CIFF Guangzhou and CIFM/interzum Guangzhou 2020 has been announced by [...]
February 19, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / China
Global wood consumption hits lowest rate in the decade in 2019
The growth in global wood consumption has increased by only 0.3% in 2019, the lowest rate in [...]
February 18, 2020
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Coronavirus: Russia suspends timber trains to China
Since January 31st, all railway transport between Russia and China is suspended except for Beijing-Moscow round-trip [...]
February 18, 2020
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Coronavirus: IKEA to close its stores in China
In the response to the Chinese government's call for strict and effective disease control of coronavirus outbreak, IKEA Retail [...]
February 18, 2020
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Coronavirus starts to shake to wood industry
There is industry concern that if the virus were to infect more people in coastal towns [...]
February 17, 2020
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Buildings could avoid greenhouse gas emissions if wood replaces cement, steel
Replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood could avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production and [...]
February 12, 2020
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European softwood logs invade the Chinese; market prices down sharply
European beetle logs have flooded the Chinese market. In the first ten months of the year [...]
February 10, 2020
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China plans to tackle the problem of illegal logging in a new forest law
In an encouraging move with the potential to create transformative market change, China recently amended its Forest Law to include [...]
February 7, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / China
Vietnam to ban import of Chinese plywood
On the 12th of November 2019 the Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam signed and announced Circular No [...]
February 4, 2020
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January 2019 prices from China’s imports of lumber
he table above contain the latest price data of different imported lumber assortments at several Chinese [...]
February 4, 2020
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