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Less Malaysian plywood goes to Japan

  Japan expects its imported volume of plywood from Malaysia to further decline this year because of increasing prices [...]

Negative outlook for the global forest products industry, says Moody’s

The outlook for the global paper and forest products industry has been changed to negative from stable, Moody's says [...]

Uncertain lumber market in the US causes mixed trends

    Framing lumber sales in US were inconsistent and price trends mixed, leaving buyers and sellers uncertain [...]

Price evolution for Polish wood pellets in 2018

    Current wood pellets production in Poland is close to 1 million tons per year.  Along with [...]

US lumber production higher than the Canadian production in 2018

Softwood lumber production by U.S. sawmills in 2018 was 34.873 billion board ft. (bbf), up 3.3% from [...]

Kronospan plans to build new OSB plant in Ukraine

    Kronospan will build a new OSB plant on the existing Kronospan particleboard plant in Novovolynsk in [...]

Dubai WoodShow 2019 closed with record number of visitors and exhibitors

Dubai WoodShow 2019, the region's largest wood and wood machinery showcase, closed on a grand note with a record [...]

Ten timber trading companies in Europe accused of importing illegal wood from DRC

Ten European companies trading in timber have sourced US$2.26 million of wood from a company engaged in illegal [...]

Russian plywood deliveries to the EU on the rise

Russian plywood deliveries to the EU totaled EUR 504 million in 2018, a 13% rise compared to the EUR 447 [...]

Wood pellets’ price in Germany go through seasonal drop in March

The price of wood pellets fell in Germany by 0.8 percent in March compared to the previous month. The [...]