Swedish sawmills gain market shares in China and US during pandemic
Many Swedish sawmills are now running at full speed again [...]
June 17, 2020
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High import prices determine sawmills in China to slow down or stop production
In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]
June 15, 2020
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Worries over the evolution of China’s log demand in the medium term
There are some concerns about the China log market in the medium term. China’s finance minister Liu Kun said [...]
June 15, 2020
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Evolution prospects for the global forest products industry after Covid-19
2020 will be marked as the year of change. Change sometimes occur innately to alter the strategic direction [...]
June 15, 2020
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EU tropical timber trade weakened before COVID lockdown
Having reached the highest level in more than a decade in October 2019, EU27+UK trade in tropical wood and [...]
June 15, 2020
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Currency devaluation agains US dollar puts additional pressure on Chinese timber importers
On May 28, the People ’s Bank of China authorized the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center [...]
June 11, 2020
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Indonesia revokes ending legality license for wood exports
The Indonesian government has backed down from a decision to scrap its timber legality verification process for wood export, amid [...]
June 11, 2020
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US lumber prices see surprise win as Americans renovate homes
Lumber futures are heading for their second-straight monthly gain at a time when gloom from [...]
June 11, 2020
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Conifex announces further extension of COVID-19 curtailment
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to negatively impact global demand for forest products, Conifex Timber Inc., has announced that [...]
June 11, 2020
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Investigation finds European companies taking advantage of loophole to imports teak
A new investigation has uncovered a scheme exploiting a loophole in the European Union Timber Regulation [...]
June 8, 2020
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