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Wood industry companies start reacting to the coronavirus threat

    Wood business companies are responding to the threats of coronavirus. Here is a tracking of the [...]

Overview of the global forest industry in 2019

    Global trade of softwood logs in 2019 remained practically unchanged from 2018 at 93 million m3 [...]

Container lines face sharp fall in revenues as coronavirus crisis continues

Container lines could be facing a $17bn shortfall in revenues this year as developed economies’ efforts to halt the spread [...]

U.S. softwood lumber production rising in 2019; Canadian output down sharply

U.S. sawmills in 2019 produced 35.319 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in 2019, up 1.2 [...]

Arauco faces challenging 2019

     Arauco, one of the largest forestry companies in the world, reported revenues of USD 1,202 [...]

U.S. DoC issues final duties on Chinese imports wooden cabinets

     The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued final duty determinations on Chinese imports of wooden [...]

Anti-dumping investigations for Vietnamese plywood required in US

On February 25, the Fair Trade Alliance of American Hardwood Plywood requested to the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to [...]

U.S. hardwood products included in the new Chinese tariff exclusions

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing issued an official translation of the Chinese Tariff [...]