Current wood imports and inventories in China
Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.44 million m3 at the end of June 2020 [...]
August 31, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America
Prices for New Zealand logs crash due to slow demand in China
Prices for New Zealand logs are 12 percent below the five- year average on the back [...]
August 28, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe
German exports of logs at record pace
Germany continued to export logs at record pace in early 2020, with almost 50% of the [...]
August 27, 2020
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Floods in China expected to have an impact on timber demand
The summer rains arrived early this year in China and with unusual intensity. Over the past weeks, the average precipitation [...]
August 26, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Booming exports of sawn timber from Belarus to China, via railway
Since the beginning of this year, the exports of Belarusian Forestry Ministry enterprises have increased significantly. From January to May [...]
August 26, 2020
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U.S. DoC finds dumping of wood mouldings and millwork from China
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD [...]
August 26, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Construction / China / North America
Germany gains market shares in China log imports
China Customs data shows that in the first half of this year China’s log imports totalled 19.68 million [...]
August 20, 2020
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Chinese wood processing companies strongly impacted by slow demand abroad
78% of China's wood processing companies currently are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, while [...]
August 17, 2020
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China is now the leading market for Brazilian particleboard
In the first semester of 2020 (6M-2020) China became the main export market for the Brazilian particleboard / MDP (PB [...]
August 17, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / South America
Damaged wood from Europe invades the Chinese timber market
Chinese timber imports fell by 21% in the first five months of 2020. Instead of 17.5 million m³, China [...]
July 28, 2020
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