North America

China: Quarantine requirements on imported pine logs and lumber came into force

The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) released Decree 110, entitled quarantine requirements on [...]

Georgia-Pacific invests US$20 million in South Carolina OSB mill

Georgia-Pacific has announced that it will be investing $20 million in its Alcolu, South Carolina OSB mill. The project [...]

US South faces tightening sawlog supply

    The US South's softwood industry has enormous potential for a variety of reasons. The region [...]

Softwood log inventories fall in China

GWMI industry sources in China reported that softwood log inventories at the country’s main ocean ports totalled 5.3 [...]

Canada’s lumber giants expand into U.S., amid fight over tariffs

  The U.S. South is becoming an increasingly important lumber supplier in North America, bolstered by Canadian companies [...]

US lumber prices crashes 30% in 2 weeks

   Lumber prices have plummeted 30% over the past two weeks as the housing market cools down.   [...]

US reduces tariffs on most softwood producers, raise them for West Fraser

    With its latest preliminary review on Canadian softwood lumber shipments, the U.S. Department of Commerce [...]

US reduces duties on most Canadian softwood lumber producers

The US Department of Commerce issued its preliminary determination in their Third Administrative Review of certain softwood lumber products from [...]

2022 global wood pellet market outlook

The industrial wood pellet markets have been growing at an annualized rate of about 1.66 million metric tonnes per [...]