Lumber production in North America drops, while Canadian output goes 10% down
U.S. sawmills produced 14.647 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
European countries to benefit from US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe / North America
Jim Pattinson makes offer to take over Canfor
Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does [...]
August 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
US to set duties of up to 230% to Chinese wooden cabinets imports
The U.S. Commerce Department said this month it has made a preliminary determination that wooden [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China / North America
US antidumping duties to rise significantly for Chinese wood flooring imports
The antidumping rates for Chinese engineered wood flooring imports have increased significantly for nearly all Chinese [...]
August 20, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Lower OSB prices negatively impact Norbord’s prices
Norbord Inc., the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB), reported Adjusted EBITDA of USD 36 million in [...]
August 20, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America
Current state of the Canadian wood pellet industry
The Canadian wood pellet industry is export-oriented with high production capacity and exports far exceeding domestic demand. Overseas demand [...]
August 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe / North America
BC’s Sinclar Group to curtail lumber production
In another hit to the B.C. forest industry, the Sinclar Group announced temporary production curtailments at lumber operations in [...]
August 13, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Proteak reports record MDF production
The MDF producer Pro MDF, which belongs to the Mexican Proteak Uno, produced a total of 57,400 m³ of [...]
August 8, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America / South America
Risk of US anti-dumping investigations of Vietnamese wood products exports
In the first 6 months of 2019 the US continued as Vietnam’s top export market for wood products with [...]
August 8, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / North America
