Hardwood lumber industry in the US seriously affected by trade war with China
The U.S. hardwood lumber industry has a heavy reliance on export markets for its survival, and is being devastated [...]
June 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
US-China trade war affects African wood products traders’ confidence
The likely impact of a prolonged trade dispute between China and the US is undermining the [...]
June 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa / China / North America
India: EPAL started to license CP pallets starting May
The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) informed that since May 1, 2019 it has had its first licensee for [...]
June 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Lumber prices in the US on decline at the end of May
Trading remained a grind, as sellers stepped up efforts to move prompt loadings while buyers limited purchases to must-have [...]
June 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Vietnam needs to invest in production capacity as to boost wood products exports
Vietnam's wood and forestry product export turnover reached over US$9.3 billion in 2018 [...]
June 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
US turns to Vietnamese plywood as trade war with China advances
While U.S. imports of hardwood plywood are flat, imports from Vietnam are growing rapidly amid declines in the China [...]
June 4, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Austria: wood pellets prices go down in May
The May price of wood pellets in Austria has dropped as both compared to the previous month, as well as [...]
June 4, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Rising final felling in Sweden to bark beetles attacks
The notified area of final felling in Sweden increased by 13% in April compared with the corresponding month in 2018 [...]
June 4, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Forests in Italy start to recover six months after Vaia storm
With millions of cubic meters of timber still on the ground, and summer approaching, authorities and environmentalists in northern Italy [...]
June 4, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Downward price trend for wood products in Germany
The economic downturn noted by the market research institutes is also reflected in Germany's producer prices for commercial wood [...]
June 4, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood Energy / Wood Furniture / Europe
