EU softwood lumber exports to China crash in H1/2018
The European softwood lumber exports to China fell by -27% during January-June 2018 [...]
October 3, 2018
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Trends in the European wood pellet market
Due to their location at seaports and limited domestic production, the large power utilities in the United Kingdom and Belgium [...]
October 1, 2018
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Europe might profit from the US-China trade war
The additional tariffs of the US government under President Donald Trump slow the Chinese growth by 0.1 to 0 [...]
September 24, 2018
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European forests ravaged by a bark beetle infestation
A bark beetle infestation is currently ravaging forests in Central and some Northern European countries. Reports from Germany, The Czech [...]
September 21, 2018
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Impact of EUTR on the European market
The obligation placed on importers by the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to gather data to demonstrate [...]
September 20, 2018
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Low supply for raw materials affects the European sawn hardwood sector
Production in the sawn hardwood sector has not been showing any significant trends over the last few years. Demand is [...]
September 19, 2018
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Europe’s NGOs and the FSC try hard to increase use of lesser-known timber species
Efforts to increase uptake of lesser-known species have come not just from the industry, but also from NGOs and [...]
September 7, 2018
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Outlook of the European sawmill industry in 2018
During the third EOS Board Meeting of 2017 held in October 2017, the Board Members expressed [...]
September 7, 2018
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Tropical timber’s potential in the marine industry as a prime material
Tropical hardwood’s long-held status as the prime material for European fresh and seawater marine applications has been increasingly [...]
September 5, 2018
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Asian timber operators in Africa better placed than their European counter-parts
A major structural change is underway in the African timber industry as operations are reoriented away [...]
September 3, 2018
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