Current state of the Canadian wood pellet industry
The Canadian wood pellet industry is export-oriented with high production capacity and exports far exceeding domestic demand. Overseas demand [...]
August 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe / North America
Tropical wood trade in EU strong this year
The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first quarter this year compared to the [...]
June 13, 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
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Wood pellets global trade raises by 21%, with US, Canada, Vietnam as major suppliers
Global trade of wood pellets jumped more than 21% year-over-year in 2018 when a new record of 22 [...]
May 8, 2019
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Sluggish markets in US, China, UK and Japan generate low global lumber trade
In 2018, global trade of lumber fell for the first time in five years, with total trade down 7% year [...]
April 2, 2019
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Worldwide lumber trade starts to drop
In 2018, global trade of lumber fell for the first time in five years, with total [...]
March 18, 2019
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Outlook of the Brexit impact on the European hardwood trade
The 29th March, the date scheduled for the UK’s departure from the EU, is now fast approaching. But there [...]
February 12, 2019
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Hardwood trade in the EU keeps stable, despite reluctant political situation
There are signs that the upturn in the eurozone economy in the last 2 years will be short-lived and [...]
February 8, 2019
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EU wood furniture domestic trade is on the rise
The latest Eurostat trade data for EU wood furniture trade indicates that internal EU trade is rising, whereas external trade [...]
January 28, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
China: Downward trend for furniture trade
According to data from China Customs, in the first half of 2018 the value of China’ s furniture exports was [...]
November 26, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China