Wood starts to replace concrete in the global construction industry
For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]
August 29, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America
More German and New Zealand logs in the Chinese market
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 28, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / Russia
Top 10 negative influencing factors for the Chinese timber market today
China’s economic downturn is impacting sales of wood products and under present market conditions there is growing over-capacity [...]
August 26, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Vietnam becomes top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US
US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly [...]
August 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / China / North America
Russia and New Zealand compete over timber exports to China
Russia is currently China's largest timber source. In 2018, Russian exports to China reached 15.65 million cubic meters [...]
August 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Russia
U.S. removes Chinese furniture from planned 10% tariffs
The Trump administration is sparing some Chinese-made household furniture from its next rounds of 10 [...]
August 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China / North America
Russia threatens to ban timber exports to China due to illegal logging issues
Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a [...]
August 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia
Reduced panel production causes prices to rise in China
In order to improve air quality and the environment producers of woodbased panels in many cities [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood-based Panels / China
European countries to benefit from US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe / North America
US to set duties of up to 230% to Chinese wooden cabinets imports
The U.S. Commerce Department said this month it has made a preliminary determination that wooden [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China / North America
