China tariffs cut deep into the US hardwood industry
Prior to the trade and retaliatory tariff battle between the U.S. and China in mid-2018, the U.S [...]
October 22, 2019
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Falling demand and drop in prices for US hardwood due to trade war with China
Lumber mills in the U.S. have been a casualty of President Trump's trade war with China [...]
October 7, 2019
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US hardwoods face weak market in China
In September, the market trend of US hardwood still shows no obvious improvement in the Chinese market.   [...]
September 30, 2019
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Vietnam becomes top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US
US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly [...]
August 26, 2019
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EU hardwood trade steady despite many challenges
While uncertainty surrounding Brexit may be casting a shadow over the UK market the wider EU [...]
August 8, 2019
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Vietnam imports large quantities of timber and wood products from the US
Vietnam has been moving towards building a sustainable wood processing industry that uses legal materials in [...]
July 10, 2019
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Closing sawmills in US and falling hardwood prices due to Chinese tariffs
24% of hardwood produced in the United States is exported to China and 22% is exported [...]
June 27, 2019
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Hardwood lumber industry in the US seriously affected by trade war with China
The U.S. hardwood lumber industry has a heavy reliance on export markets for its survival, and is being devastated [...]
June 5, 2019
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US turns to Vietnamese plywood as trade war with China advances
While U.S. imports of hardwood plywood are flat, imports from Vietnam are growing rapidly amid declines in the China [...]
June 4, 2019
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US hardwood industry starts to realize the importance of diversification of hardwood export markets
The fact that China has imposed tariffs on American hardwood products imports has sounded the alarm [...]
June 3, 2019
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