North America

Record softwood lumber imports in China

Demand for lumber in China, the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Netherlands increased this year despite a slowdown in the [...]

Tolko to curtail BC lumber mill indefinitely

    Tolko Industries announced that, due to continued high log costs and poor North American market conditions [...]

Chinese wood imports to stabilize despite a slowing economy and high 2019 domestic stocks

China’s 2019 imports of wood products are projected to stabilize despite a slowing economy and high 2019 domestic stocks [...]

Crisis in BC forestry industry deepening

    British Columbia's forestry industry is going through a deeper crisis, led mostly by high log [...]

International Hardwood Conference; Berlin, November 20-21

              Hardwoods become more and more important [...]

Global plywood industry affected by US-China trade war and slow Chinese economy

The global plywood industry is currently affected by the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China's economy [...]

US softwood lumber price movements remain flat

    The first full back-to-work / school week for September 2019 did not bode well for [...]

U.S. lumber production drops; Canadian output falls sharply

    U.S. sawmills in the first six months of 2019 produced 17.602 billion board ft [...]

West Fraser reduces lumber production capacity in B.C. up to 25%

    West Fraser announced it will introduce variable operating schedules at five of its British Columbia sawmills [...]

Prices and market developments for the global wood pellet trade

The global wood pellets market revenue amounted to $5,359.9B in 2018, rising by 6.8% against the previous [...]