Rising Japanese wood products exports on booming Chinese demand
Japanese wood exports are booming again due to higher demand in Asia, and mostly from China. In 2017, Japanese exports [...]
August 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
EU tropical importers are facing tough competition for supplies
EU timber traders cited a number of factors shaping tropical import trends. These included intensifying competition for material from Chinese [...]
August 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Maibec to sell two sawmills
Maibec announced that it concluded a transaction with Groupe Lebel of Rivière-du-Loup for [...]
August 14, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...North America
Exports of wood products from Ghana up 24% in the first five months
In the first four months of 2018 Ghana’s wood product exports totalled 115,225 cu.m compared to 92 [...]
August 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa
Switzerland: Wood pellets prices rising despite heat wave
Curiously, despite the wave of heat that came across Europe these weeks, the prices of wood pellets in Switzerland increased [...]
August 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Dropping Chinese demand cause major setback in Finland’s softwood lumber exports
he Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world decreased by -4% during January - May 2018, as [...]
August 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe
Segezha Group’s construction of a new wood pellet plant in Siberia ongoing
Segezha Group's construction of a wood pellet plant at the industrial site of JSC Lesosibirskiy [...]
August 14, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Russia
Norbord achieves record results on higher N. American and European panel prices
Norbord Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $273 million for the second quarter of 2018 versus $165 million in the second [...]
August 14, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe / North America
China imposes 25% tariffs on several wood products from the US
As the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced, the Chinese government threatened on Friday 3rd of August [...]
August 13, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Energy / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / North America
Wood products exports from Vietnam amount to US$5 billion in January-July 2018
The export revenue of Vietnamese wood and wooden products was estimated at US$4.8 billion [...]
August 13, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
