Sawmilling

Vietnam-EU FTA to boost deliveries of Vietnamese wood products to the European market

    Vietnam and the European Union (EU) last week signed a landmark free trade deal that will [...]

China sharply reduces imports of Russian logs and boosts imports of lumber

    In January-May, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2% y-o-y to [...]

Danzer to close veneer plant in France

International hardwood specialist Danzer closes his plant in Souvans / France. The production site, which specializes in sliced oak wear layers [...]

Binderholz to double sales to the US market

  Austrian Binderholz is planning to boost its US business through a holding company established specifically for this purpose [...]

Impact of trade dispute with China for the US wood industry

The US trade and tariff war with China that has been reignited in recent weeks is directly impacting American log [...]

Biesse’s outlook for 2019 goes down, while the woodworking industry is affected by weaker demand

Despite the more than EUR 40 million of signed orders achieved during the Ligna fair in May, the Biesse Group [...]

Wood products exports from Brazil went up by 29% during May

    In May 2019, Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 29% in [...]

Dutch imports of FLEGT licensed timber are on the rise

    FLEGT licensing is helping importers to comply with EUTR, while the forest sector reforms and new [...]

Vietnam imports large quantities of timber and wood products from the US

    Vietnam has been moving towards building a sustainable wood processing industry that uses legal materials in [...]

West Fraser announced operations curtailment in Alberta, US

On the 1st of July, West Fraser announced a temporary, two-week suspension of production at its Alberta Plywood operations [...]