Japanese timber industry in unprecedented crisis due to supply shortages and record prices
Currently, Japan is suffering from the third timber crisis, with unprecedented supply shortages and extremely high prices of timber. The [...]
July 5, 2021
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Japan wood industry in danger due to global timber shortage
A global shortage of wood and soaring prices are threatening Japan’s lumber industry and has business operators fearing serious [...]
June 10, 2021
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Japanese pellet imports expected to exceed 2 million tons in 2020
Japan imported a record 1.6 million metric tons of wood pellets last year, primarily from Vietnam and Canada. Wood [...]
December 6, 2020
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Current trends in the Japanese wood pellet market
The earthquake, tsunami and resulting damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, triggered by the Great [...]
February 10, 2020
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BC forest companies search for business opportunities in China and Japan
B.C.’s forests minister Doug Donaldson and 35 senior executives from B.C. forest companies and associations wrapped up [...]
December 9, 2019
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BC company signs major agreement to export wood pellets to Japan
A British Columbia company has signed an agreement to provide 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets to fuel a biomass [...]
October 25, 2019
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Japanese forestry giants expand in New Zealand
The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses [...]
September 24, 2019
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Vietnam expands wood pellet exports to Japan
Pellet imports to Japan from Vietnam jumped 219.6% y-o-y in first half of 2019 to 420.9 [...]
August 28, 2019
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Company from Vietnam to supply 300,000 t/yr of wood pellets to Japan
Eastwood Energy Joint Stock Company signed a long-term contract with CellMark, a global supply chain service company, to sell [...]
August 21, 2019
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Pinnacle to supply wood pellets to Japan and South Korea.
Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. announced that it has entered into two new long-term, take-or-pay off-take contracts [...]
July 24, 2019
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