Volatile 2018 lumber market in the US; crashing prices in September 2017
Deep cuts in prices of framing lumber persisted through a second straight week, leaving traders stunned at the volatility of [...]
October 1, 2018
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Chinese wood companies reroute wood products as to beat US tariffs
As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]
October 1, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / North America
Norwegian roundwood prices up by 15% during Q2/2018
In Norway, a total of 2.80 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in the second [...]
October 1, 2018
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Hurricane Florence causes trouble for Louisiana-Pacific
Louisiana-Pacific (LP) announced that due to Hurricane Florence, its Wilmington, N.C. engineered wood operations have been temporarily shut [...]
September 26, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Canadian lumber giants downgraded due to negative expectations for the US housing market
Shares in several major Canadian forestry companies closed down Wednesday after an analyst downgrade and lower-than-expected building permits [...]
September 26, 2018
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European tropical logs and sawnood on recover this year
After a downturn in 2017, the quantity of EU imports of tropical logs recovered a little [...]
September 26, 2018
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Chinese sawnwood imports and prices up sharply this year
China’s sawnwood imports in the first quarter of 2018 totalled 8.28 million cubic metres valued at US$2 [...]
September 26, 2018
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Oak lumber restrictions lifted in Croatia
The transport restrictions for oak wood in Croatia which have the purpose of preventing the propagation of the oak lace [...]
September 24, 2018
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Europe might profit from the US-China trade war
The additional tariffs of the US government under President Donald Trump slow the Chinese growth by 0.1 to 0 [...]
September 24, 2018
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European tropical imports disappointing this year
EU imports of tropical wood products have been subdued so far in 2018 with little sign yet of any rebound [...]
September 24, 2018
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