Many timber processing plants in Guangdong Province have stopped or limited their production recently due to local environment protection policy and supervision and this will likely lead to a sharp rise in the price of construction timber in the domestic market. November is the peak season for Guangdong wood processing…
EU imports of flooring products from tropical countries fell a further 4% to 19,700 MT in the first nine months of 2018, continuing a long term decline in response to tough competition from European and Chinese manufacturers and non-wood alternatives, fashion trends favouring temperate timbers, supply constraints, and challenges of…
Vietnam exported wood and wood products valued at US$ 995 million in October 2019, bringing the total export value in the first ten months of 2019 to US$ 8.52 billion, up by 17.8% compared with the same period in 2018. Combined, the US, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea…
Boise Cascade Company reported net income of $27.2 million, or $0.69 per share, on sales of $1.3 billion for the 3Q ended September 30, 2019, compared with net income of $13.8 million, or $0.35 per share, on sales of $1.3 billion for the 3Q ended September 30, 2018. 3Q 2019…
PEFC welcomed its 52nd and 53rd national members. The General Assembly, its highest decision making body, voted Ukraine and Guyana into the alliance. “Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe, and 15.6% of land is covered by forests. That is 10.4 million hectares,” said Mariya Maha from the…
In 2018, the European Commission presented its “A Clean Planet for All” vision, a long-term strategy for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050. In 2019, the von der Leyen agenda for Europe put forward the European Green Deal, set to become the first European Climate Law to…
Södra is acquiring the remaining shares in Södra Timber A/S and Södra Wood Project from the Danish company Uniwood. After the acquisition, the former joint-owned companies will be wholly owned by Södra. The acquisition is effective immediately. “The aim of the acquisition is to move even closer to our customers…
After recovering ground in 2018 and stabilising in the first half of 2019, EU imports of tropical logs slowed in the third quarter of 2019. Imports of 76,700 MT during the first nine of the year were 13% less than the same period in 2018. Import value fell 14% to…
About 20 forest-sector actors in Mato Grosso attended a workshop convened by the Center for Timber Producers and Exporters of Mato Grosso State (CIPEM) in Cuiabá in October 2019 on the prospects for increasing trade with the EU. The workshop was the result of a partnership between CIPEM and the…
U.S. sawmills produced 23.737 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first eight months of 2019, a 0.8% drop from the 23.918 bbf produced in the same period last year. Western U.S. sawmills contributed 9.649 bbf to the eight-month total, down 1.9% from 9.837 bbf last year, while…
