China

US antidumping duties to rise significantly for Chinese wood flooring imports

    The antidumping rates for Chinese engineered wood flooring imports have increased significantly for nearly all Chinese [...]

Czechia boosts exports of beetle wood to China

Logs exported from the Czech Republic to China have increased significantly this year, as a result of a record harvesting [...]

Boom in Finland’s softwood lumber exports to Egypt; exports to China collapse

Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world increased by 5% in the first five months of 2019. The softwood lumber [...]

China: Price overview for wood-based panels in July

    At present, the market trend of plywood in China is relatively bleak, and there are very [...]

Germany boosts softwood lumber deliveries to China

  Following a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered in the [...]

New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices

    New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In [...]

Investment flows in global furniture industry starting to change

The recent globalisation trend, which has been so much a feature of the industry and contributed to the rapid expansion [...]

Vietnam takes benefit from the US/China trade war

    In the first three months of 2019 Vietnam’s wood product exports were valued at around [...]

China: Top softwood logs importing companies in June 2019

    The first importing company, in terms of value, was Shanghai Shengwosheng Forest Corporation, with a total [...]

Wood fiber costs for softwood pulp manufacturers reach the highest level in five years

The Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has risen the past two years. In the 1Q/19, the Index reached its [...]