Acquisition of Russia’s RFP Group by Japanese holding unclear
Iida Group Holdings acquired a 75% stake in Russian lumber producer RFP Group for 60 billion yen ($525 million) at [...]
July 3, 2022
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Top global softwood lumber producers
In 2021, the 25 biggest softwood sawmills in the world produced more than 85 million m [...]
June 16, 2022
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Skyrocketing wood prices in Japan due to Ukraine war
The war in Ukraine has inflated the cost of timber in Japan. Russia’s retaliatory measures [...]
June 16, 2022
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Global port congestion improves, freight rates will remain high
High freight costs, congestion at terminals, earlier peak seasons and due to strict Covid-19 lockdown measures have had a [...]
June 13, 2022
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India: Current trends in the log import market
About nine bulk shipments of logs are expected in Kandla port in June; five from Uruguay [...]
June 7, 2022
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EU tropical wood import value at highest level for a decade
In the first three months of this year, the value of EU imports of tropical wood [...]
June 7, 2022
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Vietnam’s Mekong Wood orders full MDF line from Siempelkamp
The Vietnamese Mekong Wood MDF Joint Stock Company has placed an order for a [...]
June 3, 2022
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Japanese corporations take over global forest investor
New Forests, a Sydney-based Australian investment company that invests in natural assets worldwide, including sustainably managed forests, is to [...]
June 1, 2022
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India: Wood import market blocked due to cargo issues and fumigation rules
Kandla port is forecast to be very busy with four log vessels arriving from Uruguay and Argentina as well as [...]
May 27, 2022
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Japan’s lumber industry under pressure due to ban on Russian wood
The global lumber industry has been through a tumultuous period over the past year or so [...]
May 11, 2022
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