China: Sharp rise in prices for imported softwood lumber
According to data from China’s Customs 2021 lumber imports totaled 28.84 million cubic meters [...]
March 21, 2022
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Global log supply to China remains subdued, prices rising
The issues around Evergrande and the wider issues in the Chinese construction industry seem to be worrying, however demand is [...]
March 14, 2022
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China to become “virtually the only available market” for Russian timber
Faced with a blockade of cargo transportation to foreign countries, the Russian domestic timber industry is [...]
March 8, 2022
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Sharp increase in prices for New Zealand exported logs to China
The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zealand exported logs increased an average of $7 in January and $27 [...]
March 4, 2022
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2022 trends in China’s softwood logs imports likely to be similar with 2021
The ups and downs of last year’s softwood log market in China give us some clues for what to [...]
February 24, 2022
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Sharp rise in CIF prices for China’s softwood log imports
According to China Customs, log imports in 2021 totalled 63.58 million cubic metres valued at US$11.594 billion [...]
February 21, 2022
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Prices for imported softwood logs in China start to pick up as inventories fall
Domestic log prices in China have continued to firm in the last 4 weeks with the Chinese Government implementing a [...]
February 15, 2022
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China: Quarantine requirements on imported pine logs and lumber came into force
The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) released Decree 110, entitled quarantine requirements on [...]
February 14, 2022
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Softwood log inventories fall in China
GWMI industry sources in China reported that softwood log inventories at the country’s main ocean ports totalled 5.3 [...]
February 10, 2022
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EU to initiate WTO dispute regarding Chinese restrictions on (timber) trade with Lithuania
The European Union has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning alleged Chinese restrictions on the import and export of [...]
February 3, 2022
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