Overview of China’s plywood production capacity
The number and production capacity of plywood products in Shandong Province have further increased. There are more than 1,400 [...]
May 5, 2020
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Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]
May 4, 2020
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Chinese economy contracts for the first time in 28 years
China’s economy shrank in the first three months of 2020, its first contraction since 1992 [...]
April 30, 2020
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Shortage of imported timber throws Chinese wood industry into panic
The demand for imported wood in China's wood products industry has gradually recovered. However, on the one hand, overseas [...]
April 23, 2020
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Coronavirus: Skyrocketing timber prices in China as global supply falls sharply
In the recent period, coronavirus pandemic has reduced logging in many countries, overseas container costs and sea freight prices have [...]
April 20, 2020
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Russia: Exports of softwood lumber fall due to low demand in China
In the first two months, Russia exported 5% less softwood, including planed timber, compared to the same period in the [...]
April 20, 2020
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European softwood lumber exports move from China to Egypt
In the first two months of 2020, Chinese imports of softwood lumber was 7.9% down y-o-y to [...]
April 15, 2020
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China’s imports of logs, lumber, pulp and wood chips collapse in Jan.-Feb. 2020
The coronavirus epidemic in China has resulted in sharply reduced importation of forest products in early 2020. During January and [...]
April 10, 2020
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Prices of logs in China on the rise as supply from New Zealand and Europe is reduced
In the first week of March the CFR sale price for A grade radiata pine in [...]
April 8, 2020
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Forecast: What’s the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese timber industry?
During the coronavirus crisis, nearly half of the companies in the Chinese wood industry reported that [...]
April 3, 2020
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