US wooden furniture imports from Indonesia and India on the rise
US wooden furniture imports grew 1% in January to US$1.69 billion. Imports were 6% higher than in January [...]
April 18, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Asia & Middle East / North America
Supply problems affect the EU tropical imports
In practice, the recent decline in tropical imports into the EU is better seen as a region-wide phenomenon driven [...]
April 17, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
US plywood imports from China crash
US hardwood plywood imports declined by 5% in January to 202,536 cu.m. but the value of imports increased [...]
April 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Wood-based Panels / ...China / North America
Plywood imports in Europe went down by 7% during 2017
The total EU plywood imports in 2017 were down by 7%, to 2.159 million metric tonnes (MT). The decrease [...]
April 9, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
General outlook for EU wood products imports in 2017
The value EU imports of sawnwood (including softwoods and hardwoods) was unchanged in 2017, at Euro 3.2 billion, ending [...]
March 26, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood Energy / Wood-based Panels / Europe
US wooden furniture up 11% in 2017
The U.S. imported US$18.5 billion worth of wooden furniture in 2017, 11% more than in 2016. Imports [...]
March 8, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / ...North America
EU exports of wood products at historical level
In 2017, the EU exported wood products with a total value of Euro 21.8 billion, 5% more than in [...]
March 8, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Tropical imports from the EU declined in 2017
European timber businesses suggest a range of factors that may explain the apparent dichotomy between good [...]
March 5, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
EU imports of sawn temperate hardwood decline 7%
EU imports of sawn temperate hardwoods also declined in 2017, although less dramatically than imports of sawn tropical hardwoods. Total [...]
February 28, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe / North America
China forecasts 18% decline in softwood log imports and 10% in hardwood log imports expected in the next decade
China's logs, lumber and woodchips imports have been ascending rapidly and reached very high values. Between 2012 and 2017 [...]
February 27, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China