The rapid spread of the coronavirus has adversely affected West Africa’s export markets, imports, foreign investment, tourism and remittances. Furthermore, the disruption in commodity markets, travel and tourism and country-level lockdowns have slowed economic activity. The impact of pandemic control measures has hit West African timber producers across the region,…
During January-May 2020 Russia’s export of sawn timber made 7.3 mn tons, down 9.8% year-on-year. According to the Russian Federal Customs Service’s statistics (Rosstat), in terms of value, sawn timber export was down 9.1% making $1.7 bn. Logs export decreased by 21.4% year-on-year down to 5 mn cbm worth $353.8…
Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Forest Concessionaires (APHI), Indroyono Soesilo, has called for more efforts by the Indonesian embassies in Europe to identify market opportunities for wood products. He pointed out that the European Union is the fourth largest export destination for Indonesian forest products after China, Japan and…
Russian exports of timber and pulp and paper products in the first two months of 2020 decreased by 6.5%, and the value by 8.5% slightly compared to last year. According to statitics of the Russian Federal Statistics Office (Rosstat) in January-February 2020, plywood exports from Russia increased by almost 11.5%…
