Positive trends in the global softwood lumber markets
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its bad consequences on trade, there are more positive signals to notice in the [...]
September 18, 2020
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Sawlog prices fall in most regions of the world in Q2/2020
Sawlog prices fell in most of the major regions of the world in the 2Q/20. A strengthening US dollar [...]
September 18, 2020
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Shrinking MDF market in China
According to Chinese market insiders, the weakness of the downstream furniture market in China this year has led to a [...]
September 16, 2020
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Interview: Impact of Covid-19 on US hardwood exports to China
Where does the global wood industry go in the post-pandemic era? This is a topic that most professionals in [...]
September 11, 2020
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Chinese imports of logs plummet in the first half of the year
China’s log imports fell sharply in the first half of 2020 to 24.51 million [...]
September 9, 2020
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Global forestry machine market to witness declining sales due to Covid-19
The global forestry machinery market will witness declining sales in the near term amid the COVID [...]
September 9, 2020
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European wood exports via rail transport to China – (not) an alternative?
China's rail freight traffic to Europe rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, mainly due to [...]
September 7, 2020
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Germany: Softwood logs exports to China double H1/2020
In the first half of 2020, Germany exported almost half more softwood logs than in the same period of the [...]
September 7, 2020
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N. Zealand: Rising shipping costs impact prices of logs exported to China
Domestic demand for logs and sawn timber in New Zealand remains strong while the longer-term [...]
September 4, 2020
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Chinese timber supply chain disrupted by massive imports of European infested softwood
In the first half of 2020, the total import and export volume of my China's timber and wood products [...]
September 3, 2020
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