China cancels tariffs on New Zealand wood products
China will implement an upgrade to the free trade agreement between Beijing and Wellington to eliminate tariffs of 12 wood [...]
April 6, 2022
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Near-term outlook of China’s logs and lumber imports market uncertain
Can Russia quickly expand its lumber exports to China? Same as last year, there are still [...]
April 4, 2022
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Global log supply to China constrained; prices rising steadily
The price for logs in China has risen steadily through Quarter 1 with the price for A-grade logs now [...]
April 1, 2022
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Russia increases softwood lumber exports to China
In February 2022, Russia’s exports of softwood lumber to China expanded 6.9% year-on-year to 810.4 [...]
March 29, 2022
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COVID outbreaks paralyze Chinese ports, threatening global supply chains
The queues of container ships outside major Chinese ports are lengthening by the day as COVID [...]
March 24, 2022
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China: Sharp rise in prices for imported softwood lumber
According to data from China’s Customs 2021 lumber imports totaled 28.84 million cubic meters [...]
March 21, 2022
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Global log supply to China remains subdued, prices rising
The issues around Evergrande and the wider issues in the Chinese construction industry seem to be worrying, however demand is [...]
March 14, 2022
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China to become “virtually the only available market” for Russian timber
Faced with a blockade of cargo transportation to foreign countries, the Russian domestic timber industry is [...]
March 8, 2022
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Sharp increase in prices for New Zealand exported logs to China
The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zealand exported logs increased an average of $7 in January and $27 [...]
March 4, 2022
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2022 trends in China’s softwood logs imports likely to be similar with 2021
The ups and downs of last year’s softwood log market in China give us some clues for what to [...]
February 24, 2022
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