European spruce supply to China disrupted by container shortage
China will receive more and more spruce from European forests, which are currently destroyed by storms [...]
June 28, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
Significant recovery in China’s softwood lumber imports in April
After Chinese imports of softwood lumber experienced a though first quarter, a significant recovery was noticed at the beginning of [...]
June 18, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
Where is the Chinese timber market heading in the post-pandemic era?
As the world is gradually entering the post-coronavirus period, there is one main question that haunts the global wood [...]
June 17, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Forecast: Chinese lumber imports from the Nordic countries to exceed those from Canada
In early 2020, due to oversupply, the declining prices made European lumber producers more globally competitive [...]
June 17, 2020
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Swedish sawmills gain market shares in China and US during pandemic
Many Swedish sawmills are now running at full speed again [...]
June 17, 2020
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High import prices determine sawmills in China to slow down or stop production
In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]
June 15, 2020
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Worries over the evolution of China’s log demand in the medium term
There are some concerns about the China log market in the medium term. China’s finance minister Liu Kun said [...]
June 15, 2020
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Currency devaluation agains US dollar puts additional pressure on Chinese timber importers
On May 28, the People ’s Bank of China authorized the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center [...]
June 11, 2020
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Prices of exported New Zealand logs rise sharply; low Chinese inventories
Exports of logs from New Zealand were worth just $96 million in April 2020, down $211 million from $307 million [...]
June 5, 2020
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Chinese plywood market still sluggish
According to Chinese merchants, after experiencing heavy volume in April, the recent dynamics of the Chinese plywood market has been [...]
June 3, 2020
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