China sharply reduces imports of Russian logs and boosts imports of lumber
In January-May, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2% y-o-y to [...]
July 17, 2019
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Vietnam imports large quantities of timber and wood products from the US
Vietnam has been moving towards building a sustainable wood processing industry that uses legal materials in [...]
July 10, 2019
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Chinese softwood lumber imports went 17% up during Jan.-May 2019
In January-May 2019, China increased softwood lumber imports by 17.1% year-on-year to 11.6 million m3 [...]
July 10, 2019
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Stocks of logs at Chinese ports starting to fall
Total softwood log stocks across China have reduced slightly from last month to around 3.8 million m3. Daily uplift [...]
June 26, 2019
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Tropical timber imports to benefit from EU deforestation policies
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 24, 2019
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Chinese companies seeking alternatives to US timber
At present, Chinese companies have been able to absorb the increased tariff levels on imported US timber raw materials but [...]
June 13, 2019
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China: Boom in timber delivered via railway
How will the competition between railway transported timber and port timber affect the market structure in [...]
June 12, 2019
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China pays higher prices for softwood lumber imports
Average price for imported softwood lumber in China in April was $180 per m3, a decline [...]
June 12, 2019
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EU tropical timber imports on the rise
Total value of tropical wood imports into the EU increased slightly in 2018, although at a slower rate than imports [...]
May 27, 2019
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Germany shifts away from imports of tropical wood
Insights into the reasons for Germany’s shift away imports of tropical wood, particularly direct imports, were provided by the [...]
May 23, 2019
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