China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave
Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]
April 25, 2022
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Current state of China’s log import market
While it appears that the upward pressure on shipping prices has abated, the China log demand has come off from [...]
April 11, 2022
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Near-term outlook of China’s logs and lumber imports market uncertain
Can Russia quickly expand its lumber exports to China? Same as last year, there are still [...]
April 4, 2022
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Sanctions against Russian exports to permanently alter the global trade of forest products
Lumber trade flows changed almost instantly when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Trade sanctions and restrictions in financial transactions [...]
March 30, 2022
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COVID outbreaks paralyze Chinese ports, threatening global supply chains
The queues of container ships outside major Chinese ports are lengthening by the day as COVID [...]
March 24, 2022
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War in Ukraine and its immediate effects for the global timber market
Trade with Ukraine has considerably reduced following the martial law in Ukraine and the mobilization of men. For sites that [...]
March 22, 2022
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China: Sharp rise in prices for imported softwood lumber
According to data from China’s Customs 2021 lumber imports totaled 28.84 million cubic meters [...]
March 21, 2022
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Global log supply to China remains subdued, prices rising
The issues around Evergrande and the wider issues in the Chinese construction industry seem to be worrying, however demand is [...]
March 14, 2022
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EU’s deforestation-free regulatory proposal sparks intense debate
Intense negotiations are ongoing as the draft EU law on "deforestation-free" and "forest degradation-free" products, published by the [...]
March 8, 2022
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Effects of the war in Ukraine on the global forest and timber industry
On February 24 Russia invaded Ukraine. Apart from the fact that the previous security structure in Europe was being turned [...]
March 3, 2022
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