Sawmilling

EPAL warns over fake Ukrainian Euro pallets

The European Pallet Association e.V. is warning against counterfeit EPAL Euro pallets from Ukraine, which have been in circulation [...]

Wood markets in Europe and North America still slow

Markets show signs of rising consumption for some forest products, though the picture is far from consistent In Europe and [...]

Chinese imports of wood product expected to surge in the upcoming years

China has always been one of the biggest wood product importers in the world. In the first half of 2016 [...]
October 23, 2015 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China

New Zealand: Steady export log prices

The export log prices in New Zealand kept firm during October due to low shipping rates and a growing demand [...]

US softwood lumber shipments to China down by 50%

In the first half of 2015, US softwood lumber exports to China dropped nearly 50% to 247,290 cubic metres [...]
September 13, 2015 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...China / North America

China’s Fenglin to build massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand

A Chinese company plans to invest US$250 million to build a massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand. Fenglin [...]

Japanese lumber demand expected to decrease

The Japanese Forest Agency made up demand projection of major wood products for the second half of this year. On [...]

Japan logs exports up by 50%

Total volume of Japanese log export during January and May this year reached to 259,515 cbms, 47.5% more [...]

Moelven to close sawmill in Sweden

Norwegian wood-products company Moelven will shut down Nössemark Trä AB sawmill in Nössemark, Sweden, impacting 40 jobs [...]

Most European countries fulfilled EUTR obligations

On 19 June the European Commission has published a table with information on the state of implementation of the European [...]
June 16, 2015 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe