African sawmill and plywood mills feel the effects of reduced Chinese demand
The slowdown in demand in China is becoming a serious problem for operators in the region with saw and ply [...]
December 26, 2022
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Central Africa: Log export ban postponed indefinitely
In Central Africa, the ban on the export of logs will no longer take effect from [...]
November 17, 2022
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Downturn in China beginning to impact African tropical logs and sawnwood prices
The economic slowdown in China has started to affect FOB prices with prices for okoume, beli and some of the [...]
November 3, 2022
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European buyers showing more interest in African timbers
Producers in the Central/West African region are reporting firm demand for padouk, okoume, ovangkol and even gheombi, a timber [...]
July 7, 2022
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Wood trade in Africa disrupted by shipping issues
After reaching historic highs in June, the price of OSB in US began to drop through the summer, at one [...]
September 27, 2021
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African tropical timber in rising demand but prices easing
As businesses in importing countries adapt to working with the coronavirus risk trade has started to revive and some FOB [...]
January 4, 2021
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Africa’s largest wood pellet export to be operational in 2021
Hive Energy, iLive Sustainable Development, and Partners for Innovation have partnered to establish Coega Biomass Centre – Africa’s largest wood [...]
December 6, 2020
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Tropical wood prices and demand stable in Africa
There has been little change in prices in West Africa. Demand is stable, both in the West African [...]
November 17, 2020
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States from the Congo Basin to ban timber exports
In a bid to stimulate the production of timber to the GDP of Central [...]
October 5, 2020
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Asian buyers of African tropical timber slowly returning; prices for EU market up
It has been reported that buyers for the Chinese and other Asian markets are slowly returning [...]
August 20, 2020
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