Chinese imports of wood products to be significantly altered starting 2022
China is the world’s largest importer of softwood and hardwood logs, and for many decades [...]
April 5, 2021
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US lumber prices on the rise again against normal seasonal slowdown
US lumber futures have rallied in November, fueled by strong home construction and remodeling activity amid the pandemic. [...]
December 3, 2020
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Global hardwood, softwood prices fell in Q2/2020
Wood raw-material costs fell for most pulp manufacturers throughout the world in the 2Q/20, reducing fiber price indices [...]
October 16, 2020
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Germany: Hardwood and softwood industry impacted differently by the corona crisis
Half a year after the first survey, the German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) asked its members again about [...]
October 12, 2020
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German exports of logs at record pace
Germany continued to export logs at record pace in early 2020, with almost 50% of the [...]
August 27, 2020
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Timber prices in Russia on an upward trend
In April 2020, the export price of hardwood timber used for sawing and planing in Russia [...]
June 8, 2020
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Estonian company builds large softwood sawmill in Belarus
The Belarusian wood processing industry will become more competitive following the construction of a new sawmill [...]
April 7, 2020
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China allows U.S. softwood exporters exemption from import tariffs
U.S. softwood exporters may soon sell to China duty-free for the first time since [...]
March 30, 2020
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Germany: Calls for more softwood planting
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rohholz eV – the Working Group on Raw Wood Consumers – (AGR), a voluntary association of [...]
February 10, 2020
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B.C. sawmills hope that the horrible 2019 won’t repeat in 2020
For B.C. sawmills and loggers, 2019 was an annus horribilis that they can only hope is not repeated in [...]
January 23, 2020
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