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Japanese forestry giants expand in New Zealand

    The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses [...]

Chinese wood imports to stabilize despite a slowing economy and high 2019 domestic stocks

China’s 2019 imports of wood products are projected to stabilize despite a slowing economy and high 2019 domestic stocks [...]

China: Prices of wood products for September 2019

    This index contains the most update prices of logs and lumbers from the two major timber [...]

Global plywood industry affected by US-China trade war and slow Chinese economy

The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]

Ban on timber exports to China useless, says Russian forestry group executive

    Mikhail Shamorin, president of the Segezha Group, one of Russia's largest forestry industrial enterprises, said [...]
September 20, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia

European sawlog prices fall to a nine-year low

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell for the fifth consecutive quarter in the 2Q/19, reaching a two-year [...]

Surge in Vietnamese plywood exports coming from Chinese firms looking to avoid trade war tariffs

Vietnam suspects that a surge in plywood exports to the U.S. is actually coming from Chinese firms looking to [...]

Beijing administration announces list of timber products affected by new retaliatory tariffs

The U.S.- China trade war tensions heightens once more as Beijing announced a new round of retaliatory tariffs on [...]

The Russian Minister of Industry and Trade claims ban on Russian timber exports to China is inappropriate

A complete ban on the sale of Russian timber exports to China looks inappropriate, since illegal logging is an internal [...]
September 11, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia

Logging contractors in New Zealand shaken by Chinese price collapse

Logging contractors in New Zealand are letting staff go or are working on reduced hours after the sudden fall in [...]