South America

Covid-19 downturn in EU tropical wood imports, less severe than forecast

The downturn in EU imports of wood and wood furniture products during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]

Global construction activity expected to further slow due to Covid-19

Global construction activity contracted across all region in Q2 due to the lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID [...]

China is now the leading market for Brazilian particleboard

In the first semester of 2020 (6M-2020) China became the main export market for the Brazilian particleboard / MDP (PB [...]

Weak COVID-19 signs in EU tropical timber import data

EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) tropical timber product imports continued to defy expectations of COVID-19 driven collapse in [...]

Latest prices for Brazilian exported tropical logs, sawnwood and plywood

In May 2020, the value of Brazilian exports of woodbased products (except pulp and paper) dropped 13.5% compared to [...]

Global forest products trade remained strong despite pandemic

    Although the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted supply chains for many industry sectors worldwide, the [...]