North America

IKEA’s parent company to buy forestland in US

Ingka Group, the parent company of IKEA, has announced it has acquired forestland property in the U.S. from The [...]

Brazil not dumping wood mouldings in US

On December 29, the Department of Commerce announced its final antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) determinations on wood [...]

Vietnamese wood products temporarily free from US tariffs

There has been no punitive tariff on Vietnamese wood product export to the US after the US Trade Representative (USTR [...]

American company acquires Canadian lumber and plywood giant

Although the United States has reduced the tariffs levied on Canadian lumber due to the WTO's rule, Canadian lumber [...]

Biewer Lumber announces plans for second sawmill in Mississippi

    Michigan-based Biewer Lumber will invest $130 million in a new Mississippi sawmill, creating 150 jobs [...]

Global sawlog prices on the rise due to sharp recovery in trade

Global log trade made a comeback in the third quarter of the year following two quarters of weak performances. Most [...]

New sawmill to be build in Arizona

NewLife Forest Products has acquired a 425,000-square-foot plant and 35 acres of land near Flagstaff, Arizona, which [...]

Declining softwood lumber trade in the world in 2020

In the first three quarters of 2020, the largest softwood lumber flows in the world declined.     [...]

USNR to deliver new sawline to Tschopp Holzindustrie AG

At the end of 2020, USNR signed a contract with Tschopp Holzindustrie AG in Buttisholz, Switzerland, for a complete new [...]

Steady recovery in Sweden’s softwood lumber exports to Europe

    During September 2020, Swedish exporters increased their supply of softwood lumber to European customers by 28 [...]