North America

Other suppliers benefit from the US duties on Chinese plywood

US hardwood plywood imports grew strongly in October before declining again in November. Not surprisingly imports from China were significantly [...]

The US turns to the European softwood lumber market

The US has imported 67% more softwood lumber from the European Union countries in 2017, as compared to 2016, as [...]

Weyerhaeuser reports growing net sales for Q4/2017

Weyerhaeuser reported fourth quarter net earnings of $271 million on net sales of $1.8 billion. This compares with net [...]

Tarkett invests EUR 70 million in LVT production capacity

Tarkett announced it will invest EUR 70 million during the next three years, for expanding its luxury vinyl tiles (LVT [...]

Prices for Canadian softwood lumber imports in the US reach record highs

    The prices for softwood lumber imports from Canada to the US have skyrocketed 30% since Hurricane [...]

As Canada starts case at WTO, the US warns to replace Canadian goods for Chinese softwood imports

Canada has filed a wide-ranging complaint to the World Trade Organization, explaining how the US applies the punitive tarrifs [...]
February 8, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China / North America

Enviva will acquire 500,000t of wood pellets annually from Portuguese company

    Navigator, the Portugese forest industrial company, will sell its pellets business, together with the 500,000 [...]

Canada files for extensive complaint against the US at the WTO due to lumber duties

Canada has filed a WTO complaint over US antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.     In its complaint [...]
February 5, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Klausner will open second lumber mill in the US in April

      Klausner Lumber Two will open around April 2018, as the company informed the Halifax [...]

John Deere registers top high sales in construction and forestry segment

For the fourth quarter ended October 29, worldwide net sales of John Deere registered a 23 percent rise, to $8 [...]