Supply pressures affect EU’s plywood imports
Analysis of latest trade figures for plywood supply to the EU tally with importers’ comments. Total EU plywood imports have [...]
June 29, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Chinese sawn softwood imports from Finland increased significantly in 2017
China’s 2017 sawn softwood imports surged 41% to 25.05 million cubic metres, accounting for 67% of total softwood [...]
June 26, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China / Europe
EU plywood import prices on the rise due to booming demand
Against this background, European plywood importers variously describe demand ranging from ‘stable and sound’ and ‘at [...]
June 25, 2018
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China: Sawnwood imports up 16% in volume in 2017
According to data from China Customs, 2017 Chinese sawnwood imports totalled 37.35 million cubic metres valued at US$10 [...]
June 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Sawmilling / China
Canada might enforce tariffs on US plywood imports
Canada has recently announced it would impose tariffs on plywood and other products imported from the US.   [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
EU tropical logs imports have pulled through last year’s downturn
After a downturn in 2017, EU imports of tropical logs recovered a little ground at the start of 2018. Imports [...]
June 11, 2018
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Chinese imports of US hardwood reach record levels in Q1/2018
Amidst the trade dispute between China and the US, the hardwood exports to Sea and Greater China rallied [...]
June 6, 2018
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EU imports of tropical sawnwood went down during Q1/2018
EU imports of tropical sawn wood decreased 6% to 166,100 MT in the first quarter of 2018. This was [...]
June 6, 2018
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China increases tropical logs & sawnwood imports
China’s log imports from the USA in the first three months of 2018 totalled 1.41 million cubic metres [...]
June 6, 2018
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Chinese softwood lumber and logs imports tripled during the last 10 years
Softwood logs and softwood lumber imports to China have more than tripled in ten years with lumber volumes surpassing logs [...]
June 4, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China