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Softwood logs exports from the EU to China doubled during Q1/2019

The total European softwood logs deliveries to China have went significantly up during the first quarter of the year, due [...]

Chinese softwood lumber imports went 17% up during Jan.-May 2019

In January-May 2019, China increased softwood lumber imports by 17.1% year-on-year to 11.6 million m3 [...]

Segezha Group launches 250,000 m2/yr CLT plant construction

Segezha Group launched construction of the CLT manufacturing plant. The modern engineered material for wooden construction to be produced in [...]

Traders in Belgium and the Netherlands support combined FLEGT and EUTR licenses

    Although the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) has narrowed the supply base for tropical timber imported into [...]

Lumber prices in the US keep on going up through the end of June

    The frenzied pace of trading in many US framing lumber species in recent weeks gave way [...]

Sharp fall in Chinese imports of US forest products this year

The flow of lumber, logs and pulp from the US to China has fallen sharply since the US government initiated [...]

New technology promises to create 3D printed wood products

A 3D printing process that uses a wood-based ink to produce components with the unique ‘ultrastructure’ of wood has [...]

Russian pine gains market share in the Chinese market

    In recent years, the central and western regions have become a hot spot for China's [...]

Stora Enso closes sawmill in Finland; plans to boost spruce production

    Stora Enso plans to consolidate the Finnish spruce (whitewood) production to Varkaus sawmill. The plan includes [...]

India: June prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood

    Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 1-15 June 2019     [...]