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Top wood products companies in Latvia

Latvijas Finieris was the leading wood processing and paper production company in Latvia in terms of turnover last year. Latvijas [...]

$1-billion takeover bid of Canfor fails

Lumber giant Canfor has terminated an arrangement agreement between the company and Jim Pattison’s Great Pacific Capital Corporation.  [...]

Record demand for American red oak in India

Demand for American red oak in India is at all-time high. It is this increased demand for red oak [...]

STTC Conference to consider links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification

    To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from [...]

Romania considers banning wood exports outside the EU

    More than half of Romania’s wood exports go outside the European Union (EU), official statistics [...]
December 20, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Russia to become world’s largest softwood lumber exporter in 2019

    Russia has surpassed Canada to become the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber in 2019 [...]

Sawlog prices falling in most major markets around the world

A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand moved sawlog prices downward in most major markets around the world [...]

US wood products industry seeks relief from impact of trade dispute

US wood products industry groups have seen a dramatic negative impact on business since the start of the trade dispute [...]

China’s forestry industry continues expansion

China's forestry sector has seen continuous expansion in recent years, an official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration [...]