EU softwood lumber exports to China rise 30% in Q1/2020 despite pandemic
Despite the coronavirus pandemic which first hit China and than [...]
May 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
Chinese exports of plywood, wooden furniture crash in Q1/2020
According to China Customs, in the first quarter of 2020, China’s plywood exports were 1.85 million cubic metres [...]
May 26, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Raute to deliver modern veneer drying and lay-up technology to China
Raute has signed a contract with Guoxu-Springwood Wood Panel Company in Guangxi province in South China for [...]
May 26, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe
Sawn softwood prices in Chinese on the rise
The interruption of the supply chain from China to Europe and Russia led to a lack [...]
May 21, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China
Homag acquires Chinese partner
Homag Group is strengthening its leading market position in China with an acquisition.   [...]
May 20, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe
Sharp drop in China’s tropical log imports
Tropical log imports in the first two months of 2020 amounted 1.30 million cubic metres, down 26% year on [...]
May 19, 2020
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Germany becomes the second supplier of logs to China
China’s log imports in the first two months of 2020 totalled 7.73 million cubic metres valued at US [...]
May 12, 2020
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First shipments of New Zealand radiata pine to China expected soon
After nearly a month of strict lockdown, forest industry businesses in New Zealand has restarted activity, after the Government moved [...]
May 11, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
Sharp fall in Chinese wood and wood products imports in Q1/2020
According to Chinese customs statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, China’s wood and wood products imports were 15 [...]
May 11, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
Finnish pine in limited supply; prices in Chinese markets on the rise
Finnish pine lumber shipments to China in the first quarter of this year fell by more than 50% compared with [...]
May 5, 2020
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