North America

WTO says that US’ tariffs on Chinese products break global trade rules

The World Trade Organization has ruled that tariffs the US imposed on Chinese goods in 2018, triggering a trade war [...]

BC government changes lumber regulations

    British Columbia government made changes to the Manufactured Forest Products Regulation (MFPR) around export requirements for [...]

China imports huge amounts of softwood logs from Europe

    China imported a total of 12% less softwood logs up to the beginning of August, but [...]

Interfor sells its Gilchrist sawmill to Neiman

    Interfor announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its specialty sawmill located in Gilchrist [...]

Current lumber market in US considered unprecedented

    The North American lumber industry is having its craziest year in memory -- and that was before [...]

EU carbon market set to include shipping

    Given that wood exports are impacted by ocean freight rates the following news may have an [...]

COVID-19 impact on US forest supply chain

    The global forest products industry has been making headlines since the COVID-19 pandemic struck at [...]

Lumber prices in US expected to fall this autumn

    Lumber prices notched a record on Thursday but are likely to fall back to earth.  [...]

Prices of imported lumber in September 2020 at various Chinese timber markets

The tables above contain the latest price data of different imported lumber assortments at several Chinese markets.    [...]

Positive trends in the global softwood lumber markets

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its bad consequences on trade, there are more positive signals to notice in the [...]