Sharp fall in Chinese wood and wood products imports in Q1/2020
According to Chinese customs statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, China’s wood and wood products imports were 15 [...]
May 11, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
New Zealand’s forest industry could face wave of closures
New Zealand's forestry industry could face a wave of closures without Government intervention, says the Red Stag boss, a [...]
May 5, 2020
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Finnish pine in limited supply; prices in Chinese markets on the rise
Finnish pine lumber shipments to China in the first quarter of this year fell by more than 50% compared with [...]
May 5, 2020
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Germany: Great drought in April favor bark beetle outbreaks
After the coronavirus has dominated everything for the past few weeks, the topics that brought German foresters sleepless nights last [...]
May 5, 2020
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Sweden’s Setra plans reduce production on weak demand in Central Europe and UK
Swedish sawmilling company Setra plans to cut back production by 20% over coming months in response [...]
May 5, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Impact of pandemic on African tropical timber market
Almost all African countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus and as the number of cases continues to grow more [...]
May 5, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Africa
Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]
May 4, 2020
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European wood industry to reorganize supply chains after coronavirus restrictions will be eased
Strict restrictive measures in most EU countries and indeed across the world have more or less restricted production, which has [...]
May 4, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Falling roundwood prices in Sweden
The trend of decreasing delivery prices continued during the first quarter of 2020 in Sweden. The [...]
May 4, 2020
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Finland’s forest industry buys far less roundwood in Q1/2020
In Finland, the quantities of roundwood purchased from the timber industry in the first quarter were well below the figures [...]
May 4, 2020
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
