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China and countries of Eastern and Central Europe plan to cooperate on forestry issues

China, together with the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, have decided to invest even more in their cooperation regarding [...]
May 25, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...China / Europe

Södra and KLM plan to produce green jet fuel

    Södra signed a letter of intent with KLM to conduct a joint feasibility study to [...]

The European glulam market challenging for suppliers

Anecdotal reports indicate that the glulam sector in Europe struggled with over-supply and low margins in the 2013 to [...]

Skeena Sawmills to build 96,000t capacity pellet plant in BC

Skeena Sawmills plans to commence construction work for a pellet plant at its sawmill site in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada [...]

Gabon, one of the most important tropical veneer producer

Gabon is the 6th largest producer of tropical veneer. Its production of 270,000 cubic metes in 2016 represented 6 [...]

Sawlog prices in Finland on continuous growth trend

Roundwood prices in Finland started to go on ascending path during February 2018, as compared to the same period last [...]

Swedish sawmills should avoid effects from global falling demand for pine lumber

Swedish sawmills and wood-processing companies are operating at high activity levels due to a high demand on the global [...]

US wooden furniture imports drop in February

US wooden furniture imports declined in February to under US$1.6 billion, but year-to-date imports remain higher [...]

Prices for softwood lumber in Austria on the rise again

In April, softwood lumber prices in Austria rose again after a slight decrease in March. The 1-2 EUR/cbm [...]

Wood-based products exports from Brazil overcome 2017’s levels

In March 2018, Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 19% in value compared to March [...]