China’s Fenglin to build massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand
A Chinese company plans to invest US$250 million to build a massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand. Fenglin [...]
September 3, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Australia and Pacific Region / China
Japan logs exports up by 50%
Total volume of Japanese log export during January and May this year reached to 259,515 cbms, 47.5% more [...]
August 5, 2015
Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Asia & Middle East / China
Wood-based panel production in China up by 7 percent
According to statistics from the State Forestry Administration the total output of China’s wood-based panel industries in 2014 [...]
July 3, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China
Massive Chinese overseas forestry investments
It has been reported that domestic investors invested some US$103 billion in 156 countries in 2014, up 14% year [...]
June 16, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
Lumber prices fall in some parts of the world
Lumber prices have fallen throughout a majority of the main softwood lumber markets in the world during the 1Q/15 [...]
May 16, 2015
Latest Trends / Wood Industry Prices / ...Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Global furniture trade hits US$128 billion
The Italy-based furniture industry research association CSIL analysis of world furniture trade, which draws on data from the world [...]
April 17, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / ...Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Softwood lumber prices drop in major global markets
Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to trend upward ever since the global financial crises in 2008. In 2014 [...]
March 19, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Changing plywood market shares in EU imports
EU plywood import trade have varied very widely between different products types over the last four years. Tropical hardwood plywood [...]
March 15, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China / Europe
Chinese wood products industry continues to expand in 2014
In 2014, China's forest products industry output value and trade value reached US$ 848 billion and US$ 138 billion [...]
February 5, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China
China ends commercial logging in natural forests
President Xi Jinping has signalled that all natural forests should be protected. According to Zhao Shucong, Head of the State [...]
January 15, 2015
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China
