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Softwood lumber exports from Europe to China drop by 25%

    The European softwood lumber exports to China have decreased significantly during January-August 2018, as compared [...]

The Chinese got 2.5 billion m3 of stocking volume in planted forests

    According to the eighth national inventory of forest resources, the area of national plantation was 69 [...]
November 6, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China

Chinese plywood presence on the US market crashes due to countervailing duties

      US hardwood plywood imports from China have plunged this year after massive anti-dumping [...]

Siempelkamp to supply MDF panel production line in China

Linyi Huan Ge Co., LTD, Chinese manufacturer of MDF panels ordered a complete forming and press line with ContiRoll® for [...]

China plants huge forest the size of France

    China recently confirmed that it had successfully planted and nurtured a man-made forest so massive [...]
November 1, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...China

Vietnam’s wood industry to play a decisive role in the US-China trade war

Starting from mid-September 2018, the US decided to impose 10 percent tariffs with the total cost of $189 billion [...]

China: October prices for logs and sawnwood imports

      The report below contains the latest prices of logs and sawnwood from main timber [...]

Finland: Sawn softwood exports to China in difficulty

The Finnish production of sawn softwood reached 11,7 million m3 in 2017 and remained below forecasted figures. By the [...]
October 30, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Overview of the global MDF market

    The global MDF market amounted to 99.6M cubic meters in 2017, posting solid gains over [...]

3000 plywood businesses have been closed in China

A massive restructuring effort to eliminate outdated and polluting wood processing mills, many of them being plymills had, by the [...]