Mixed developments in China-EU wood products trade
According to China Customs in the first nine months of 2022 China’s log imports fell 32% to 33 million [...]
November 20, 2022
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Välinge’s parent company acquires Croatian furniture maker
Pervanovo, the parent company of Bjelin industries in Croatia and Välinge Group in Sweden, has through its subsidiary V [...]
November 16, 2022
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Indonesian timber imports into the EU threatened by new deforestation law
Indonesian officials have slammed the European Union’s proposal of a regulation that they say negates [...]
November 15, 2022
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Latvia: Wood prices have reached a temporary low, no further falls expected
Latvian wood processing company SIA "Kronus" predicts for the fourth quarter of 2022 that wood prices [...]
November 14, 2022
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Ocean freights drop sharply as global trade slows down
In 2021, the skyrocketing shipping prices have made the world's major shipping companies more profitable, but now, such good [...]
November 11, 2022
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Indonesia slows wood product exports to China and US
According to data recently released by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as of September this year, Indonesia's [...]
November 11, 2022
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Mood in the German timber industry has improved slightly in October
After a temporary low point at the start of autumn, the mood in the German timber industry improved in October [...]
November 10, 2022
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Vietnam’s wood trade under pressure due to logging, Ukraine war
Reputational risks are piling up for a Vietnamese lumber industry already beset by a falloff in demand from the heights [...]
November 1, 2022
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IKEA’s FY sales jump as it starts to lower prices
Ikea’s global sales increased 5.6% to €39.5 billion in its 2022 financial year and the UK was [...]
October 24, 2022
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German timber industry expects negative developments in the coming months
The situation in the German timber industry is clouding over despite increased sales in the first half. This is what [...]
September 26, 2022
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