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Vietnam’s wood industry paralyzed due to new coronavirus outbreaks

The ongoing coronavirus outbreaks are now threatening to bring the Vietnamese timber industry to its knees, with businesses and associations [...]

New coronavirus outbreak causes huge backlog at China’s ports

    A coronavirus outbreak in in southern China has clogged ports critical to global trade, causing a [...]

Finland: Timber production and prices expected to rise this year

The use of wood will increase, and the volumes of timber harvesting and trade in Finland will clearly increase in [...]

Timber prices soar in China, supplies short amid coronavirus disruptions

Timber prices in China soared as imports have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has put much stress [...]

Considerable recovery in the European lumber market

  Until recently, the total annual consumption of softwood lumber in Europe has been steadily increasing and in 2019 [...]

Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect wood prices in Europe

    Tighter supplies of wood in global markets have increased wood prices in the last period and [...]

European softwood lumber exports to China rise 12% in 2020

  Despite the coronavirus pandemic which first hit China and then spread all over the world, European softwood lumber [...]
February 16, 2021 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Wooden surfaces can fight against spread of coronavirus

The survival of viruses on wooden surfaces is studied in a project started last summer by the universities of Eastern [...]

EU wood market challenging as many countries go back into lockdown

   It remains to be seen whether the recovery in EU wood market will be sustained as there are [...]

Prospects of the German wood industry are deteriorating again

     The mood among companies in the German wood industry clouded over slightly in October against the [...]