Vietnam’s forest products exports on track to generate revenue of US$11.0B in 2019
Robust signs since the outset of the year have made Vietnam's timber and forestry sector confident of gaining 11 [...]
November 11, 2019
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Martinsons to upgrade its CLT and glulam production
Martinsons announced a SEK 120 million (EUR 11.1 million) investment in its sawmill plants in Bygdsiljum and Kroksjön [...]
November 11, 2019
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Canfor backs Jim Pattison’s billion-dollar takeover bid
A special committee of Canfor’s board has approved an almost $1-billion offer from a Jim Pattison [...]
November 11, 2019
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New Zealand’s radiata pine has market potential in Vietnam
New Zealand’s Sequal Holdings Ltd. and Vietnam’s VinaFor Saigon have inked a distribution agreement, with the former to [...]
November 11, 2019
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Cheap European logs flood the Chinese market
While log supply from North and South America in China has virtually dried up the volume from Europe continues to [...]
November 7, 2019
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Weak market for European birch timber in China
Some Chinese merchants said that this year, due to the short-term factors such as the downturn in the property [...]
November 7, 2019
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Romania to harvest 9.5 million m3 of roundwood in 2020
The Romanian national forest administration Regia Nationala a Padurilor (Romsilva) is planning to harvest 9.5m m³ of roundwood in [...]
November 7, 2019
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B.C. forestry crisis: 25% fall in export sales and a $3.4 billion loss
The crisis in British Columbia’s forestry sector that saw more than 20 sawmills close or [...]
November 7, 2019
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New Zealand’s export prices for logs pick up as demand in China rises
At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs delivered to ports around New Zealand in October [...]
November 7, 2019
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Finland: Export prices for pine and spruce sawnwood expected to fall this year
This year and next year, export prices for Finnish lumber will fall, driven by China. The price difference between spruce [...]
November 6, 2019
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