Mixed developments in China-EU wood products trade
According to China Customs in the first nine months of 2022 China’s log imports fell 32% to 33 million [...]
November 20, 2022
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India: Logs and sawn timber import demand slows
Economic activity started slowing in India in the middle of October as preparations commenced for Diwali (Festival of Lights) on [...]
November 3, 2022
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Many sawmills close in Gabon and Cameroon due fuel shortage
In Cameroon more than 50 sawmills have stopped production and in Gabon 22 sawmills, mostly Chinese, have ceased production. In [...]
August 2, 2022
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Logs and sawnwood availability in Vietnam problematic and price a major issue
Due to the impact of Covid-19 imported wood raw materials from major suppliers is now problematic.   [...]
February 8, 2022
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Decline in supply to China from major sawn softwood suppliers
In the first half of 2021, China’s sawn softwood imports came to 9.66 million [...]
September 7, 2021
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Rise in CIF prices for China sawnwood imports
According to China Customs in the first half of 2021 sawnwood imports totalled 14.06 million [...]
September 6, 2021
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Sweden: Sawmills run at high speed on record export prices
In its latest newsletter, Danske Bank has taken a closer look at the Swedish sawmills' corona boom and how long [...]
June 10, 2021
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EOS reports shortage of sawnwood on the market
When the pandemic first emerged in China in January 2020 and then broke out in Europe and the US a [...]
May 27, 2021
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China’s sawnwood imports dropped sharply in H1/2020
According to China Customs data, China imported 17 million cubic metres of sawnwood in the first half of [...]
November 9, 2020
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Finland’s sawnwood to face falling exports and prices this year due to corona crisis
Demand for sawnwood has recovered since the beginning of the year, but this year Finnish exports [...]
October 13, 2020
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