African tropical timber exports driven down by pandemic
The rapid spread of the coronavirus has adversely affected West Africa’s export markets, imports, foreign investment, tourism and remittances [...]
August 10, 2020
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Tropical timber trade in West Africa sluggish
It is becoming increasingly difficult to get trade news from West Africa. Communication channels have not been affected by pandemic [...]
June 17, 2020
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Worldwide demand for African tropical timber decreasing
Millers in West Africa have provided some comments on shipping opportunities and market developments saying they have been told ports [...]
June 8, 2020
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Impact of pandemic on African tropical timber market
Almost all African countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus and as the number of cases continues to grow more [...]
May 5, 2020
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African tropical timber market impacted by the coronavirus crisis
As the coronavirus pandemic is expanding in many countries of the world, the tropical timber market [...]
April 6, 2020
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Investigation of padauk export from Congo to EU impacts prices
In early July Belgian Customs blocked the release of a shipment of padouk sawnwood dispatched from Gabon. The Belgian authorities [...]
August 28, 2019
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Growth potential for the African furniture market
Several African countries have good potential to develop their furniture industry, both for expanding internal consumption and for export markets [...]
July 27, 2019
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West Africa: Logs & sawnwood FOB prices under pressure
European markets are uninspiring according to producers. FOB prices remain at the same level as in the past 2 months [...]
July 1, 2019
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US-China trade war affects African wood products traders’ confidence
The likely impact of a prolonged trade dispute between China and the US is undermining the [...]
June 5, 2019
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Logs & sawnwood prices in Central/West Africa keep stable
Across the Central/West African region producers report no major change in overall international market sentiment since the end of [...]
January 18, 2019
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