New Zealand: Sawmill start to close as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices
Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]
February 10, 2020
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Rise in New Zealand prices for exported logs
The CFR sale price for A grade logs in China remained in the mid US$120s range per m3. At [...]
January 21, 2020
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Export prices for New Zealand logs on the rise in November
At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs delivered to ports around New Zealand in November [...]
December 9, 2019
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New Zealand’s timber industry to benefit from the newly signed FTA with China to benefit
The just announced phased reduction of tariffs for wood and paper exports to China will assist, in a long term [...]
November 27, 2019
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New Zealand’s radiata pine has market potential in Vietnam
New Zealand’s Sequal Holdings Ltd. and Vietnam’s VinaFor Saigon have inked a distribution agreement, with the former to [...]
November 11, 2019
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New Zealand’s export prices for logs pick up as demand in China rises
At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs delivered to ports around New Zealand in October [...]
November 7, 2019
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Japanese forestry giants expand in New Zealand
The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses [...]
September 24, 2019
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Logging contractors in New Zealand shaken by Chinese price collapse
Logging contractors in New Zealand are letting staff go or are working on reduced hours after the sudden fall in [...]
September 10, 2019
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Price recovery for New Zealand’s logs exports to China
New Zealand log prices in China have improved after slumping earlier in the year, restoring a little confidence to the [...]
August 29, 2019
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More German and New Zealand logs in the Chinese market
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 28, 2019
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