USA becoming a more attractive market for the European softwood lumber
European softwood lumber shipments to the US have reached levels unseen since before the global financial crisis. Exports almost doubled ...
October 24, 2019
Vietnam: Wood processing industry concerned of raw material availability
The tables above contain the latest price data of different imported lumber assortments at several Chinese markets.   ...
October 24, 2019
Georgia-Pacific to idle McCormick lumber and Allendale OSB mills in South Carolina indefinitely
Concerns have been raised over the rapid increase in Vietnamese wood chip production and export which, say analysts, could threaten ...
October 24, 2019
Sweden: Bark beetle outbreak hits sawlog prices
A possible trade deal with China announced this month might not be broad enough to save U.S. hardwood timber ...
October 24, 2019
Many more BC sawmill closures forecast, and this could extend to pellet, co-gen and pulp mills
Georgia-Pacific LLC is idling operations at its McCormick lumber and Allendale OSB mills in South Carolina in about two ...
October 24, 2019
Analysis of the production characteristics of the Russian log market
Pulpmills in Brazil had some of the lowest wood fiber costs in the world in the 2Q/19. Over the ...
October 24, 2019
Norbord to curtail one OSB production line due to poor market conditions and demand
Both sawlog and pulpwood prices in Sweden decreased during the 3Q 2019 for the first time since 2016, as the ...
October 23, 2019
Europe’s largest wood pellet producer concludes acquisition of former German Pellets assets in US
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has reported its third quarter 2019 results:Â Â Â Â In the third quarter ...
October 23, 2019
The production of Brazilian hardwood products has decreased by nearly 70% in the past 10 years
This year’s series of B.C. mill closures and production curtailments have affected more than 5,900 workers at ...
October 23, 2019
US hardwood producers looking to sell more to India
In a time when literally no one knows what is happening with the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber ...
October 23, 2019
BC company signs major deal to export wood pellets to Japan
The size of the global wooden furniture market is expected to grow from $395 billion in 2018 to more than ...
October 23, 2019
Analysis: Environmental measures accelerated the structural reform of China’s plywood industry
Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented ...
October 22, 2019
Video: BC curtailments don’t impact retail prices
All sawlog assortments have become cheaper in Estonia in September 2019. The bark beetle crisis has apparently started to be ...
October 22, 2019
Analysis: Will China’s huge hunger for timber still rely on imports in the future?
Acquisition of the Texas Pellets pellet manufacturing plant offers a possibility to increase the group´s production capacity up to ...
October 22, 2019
Trade and tariffs cut deep into the US hardwood industry
Disruption in European lumber market caused by log glut from bark beetle infestation is expected to continue for some years ...
October 22, 2019
Germany: Seasonal price increase for pellets in October
Results of ABIMCI forestry sector study announced The Brazilian Association of Mechanically-Processed Timber Industry (ABIMCI) launched its ‘Sectoral Study ...
October 22, 2019
Development of China’s wood-based panel sector continues
In the first seven months of this year, the actual export volume of Russian timber products fell by 0.4 ...
October 22, 2019
Netherlands’ rising influence in EU tropical timber trade
According to the latest statistics, U.S. hardwood lumber shipped to India from January to August of this year increased ...
October 21, 2019
Swedish Setra reports lower profits on â€increasingly challenging market conditionsâ€
China is a bit of a mystery for wood pellet producers. With its large population, its reliance on coal, and ...
October 21, 2019
European consortium forms to promote timber as choice for multi-storey buildings
Peter Kindl, founder of Kronospan Holding Ltd, attended a working meeting with regional governor of the Penza region Ivan Belozertsev ...
October 21, 2019
Where will the Chinese furniture exports be redirected as trade war with US hit shipments and prices?
The Chilean company E2E is a joint venture between Arauco and the Belgian company Etex. Its factory, which has been ...
October 21, 2019
30 million m3 of beetle wood expected in Czech forests this year
A British Columbia company has signed an agreement to provide 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets to fuel a biomass ...
October 21, 2019
Mixed feelings in the European markets for parquet: From slight improvements to decreasing trends
In October 2019, the area of ​​forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and the number of FSC certificates for ...
October 21, 2019
Schweighofer claims that the high price of logs in Romania makes the company uncompetitive
What volumes of wood will be harvested in France in 2019? Difficult to answer this question. Due to the rapid ...
October 18, 2019
Stora Enso to temporarily suspend operations at Uimaharju Sawmill due to oversupply
Despite several curtailments for different BC lumber producers, the impacts of them have yet to be felt in the retail ...
October 18, 2019
US lumber prices back to growth despite low housing starts
The export value of Sarawak’s wood products has decreased by 12 percent in the first nine months of the ...
October 18, 2019
Indonesian timber and furniture industry seeks to take advantage of the US-China trade war
Prior to the trade and retaliatory tariff battle between the U.S. and China in mid-2018, the U.S ...
October 17, 2019
India: Greenlam further boosts capacity for laminates
B.C. forestry companies are set to report lacklustre third-quarter financial results as tough market conditions send ripples through ...
October 17, 2019
U.S. slaps China with antidumping duties on wooden cabinets of up to 250%
As usual for this time of year, the price of wood pellets in Germany rose by 2.1% in October ...
October 17, 2019
Bergs Timber to reduce production at its Swedish sawmills; bark beetle and oversupply blamed
The national report on the Dutch timber market issued in advance of the 77th session of the ECE Committee on ...
October 17, 2019
US softwood lumber prices down slightly last week
In 2018 the volume of China’s wood-based panel exports totaled 14.23 million cubic metres, an increase of ...
October 17, 2019
Here are all of the Chinese wood products that are set to face a 30% tariff this month
The surge in the number of new FDI projects into Vietnam’s wood processing sector continues. Most of the investment ...
October 16, 2019
European softwood logs exports to China triple as the bark beetle infestation ravages forests
The Netherlands has traditionally played an important role as a driver of tropical timber demand in the EU. Â Â ...
October 16, 2019
US wood pellet produces to increase wood pellet prices; Canadian prices stable
The price of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber commodity Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2...
October 16, 2019
China: More wood panel mills closed due to environmental regulations
Swedish wood products company Setra has reported an operating profit of SEK 95 (287) million for the period January-September ...
October 16, 2019
Steady rise in prices of Russian wood pellets sent to Europe; exports up by 32%
Nordic pellet prices have reached a fresh record high ahead of the winter demand season, with the supply outlook in ...
October 16, 2019
Rising costs for North American wood pellet producers
Armed with €10m in EU funding, a consortium of 21 European companies and organisations has formed to try and make ...
October 16, 2019
US hardwood sees collapse in demand and drop in prices due to trade war with China
      Prices in the Guangdong Yuzhu Timber Market       ...
October 15, 2019
Stora Enso to close Kitee sawmill by the end of the year
Just as the American hardwood industry has long been worried about the "eggs" that put more than one-half of ...
October 15, 2019
Finnpulp to raise its investment into a new bioproduct mill in Finland to EUR 1.6 billion
In 2019, it is estimated that 30 million cubic meters of beetle wood will be produced in Czech forests. Accordingly ...
October 14, 2019
Shrinking EU demand for tropical flooring
President Trump said Friday the government had reach a “phase one†trade agreement with China and won’t be moving ...
October 14, 2019
Merkel promises half a billion euros to revitalise German forests
The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP) met on 2 October 2019 and discussed ...
October 14, 2019
IKEA reports record sales on booming online revenues
U.S. sawmills produced 20.687 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2019 ...
October 14, 2019
US-China trade dispute impacts Rayonier’s timber segment as harvest guidance is revised downwards
The Swedish forest owners association Mellanskog has announced a decrease in its timber prices. Â Â Â Â According to ...
October 14, 2019
Katerra inaugurates the largest cross-laminated timber plant in North America
The second edition of the Woodrise International Congress came to a close on 4 October on a very positive note ...
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