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Latvian forestry products up by 8.3%

In January 2018, Latvia exported EUR 189.658 million worth of forestry products, up 8.3 percent against the same [...]

Global pulp markets more profitable in 2017

    Modest increases in wood fiber costs and a substantial rise in market pulp prices have improved [...]

UK Softwood Conference 2018 discusses potential Brexit effects

On Tuesday 7th March 2018, over 120 leading suppliers, importers and traders of softwood products across the UK and Europe [...]

Plywood associations in the EU urge for higher quality standards

Timber trade associations in two leading EU importing countries have recently been pushing forward plywood quality, performance and legality initiatives [...]

Roundwood prices in Latvia on an upward trend

  As compared to the 1st half of 2017, in the 2nd half of the year the average purchase [...]
April 9, 2018 Forestry / Industry Prices / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Rising wood pellets production in Finland

Finnish wood pellets production amounted to 324,000 tonnes during 2017, one fifth more than in 2016 and the third [...]
April 9, 2018 Latest Trends / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Plywood imports in Europe went down by 7% during 2017

The total EU plywood imports in 2017 were down by 7%, to 2.159 million metric tonnes (MT). The decrease [...]

Biesse gets EUR 1.3 million contracts at Dubai Woodshow 2018

Biesse Middle East has signed contracts worth more than Euro 1.3 million euros at the Dubai Woodshow. The 13th [...]

Greenpeace withdraws from FSC; claims the organization didn’t fulfill its goals

Greenpeace is withdrawing from the main global group for certifying sustainable wood products, saying it is failing to protect natural [...]

Canada involves WTO in softwood lumber trade dispute with the US

    Canada wants to persuade the World Trade Organization (WTO) to set up an adjudication panel for [...]