National trade statistics for the first four months of this year illustrate the impact of the pandemic on the performance of timber exporters. Malaysian export earnings for the period January to April 2020 fell 10% year on year to RM6.4 billion. Malaysian sawnwood export volumes for January to April 2020…
Timber exports from Cameroon have fallen sharply by as much as 45% and reports indicate some 60% of sawmills in the country have stopped operations. The government is preparing a package of support for industries in the country but support will only be provided once companies can show their licenses…
Vietnam Administration of Forestry reports earnings of just over US$5 billion from wood product exports in the first half of 2020, up 2.4% year on year. In June alone export earnings topped US$900 million. Imports to Vietnam decreased by 8.5% compared to the first half of 2019. Their value reached…
Peru’s Exporters Association (ADEX) has reported that between January and April, Peruvian wood product exports were down around 35% to US$26.5 million FOB. In the same period last year exports were worth US$41 million. In the same 4 month period exports of semi-manufactured products accounted for over half of all…
Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a Russian government minister said in an interview published Thursday. Russian authorities this month attributed some of the vast wildfires that have engulfed portions of Siberia in recent weeks to arsonists…
Romania plans to suspend timber, log and firewood exports until August 31, according to a draft Emergency Ordinance which the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests launched for public debate. The Government will adopt it this week during the Wednesday meeting, said Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Until then, it’s trying…
Chinese buyers are buying more logs directly from log exporters, bypassing the U.S. sawmills. According to Gerald Storey, Storey Sawmill & Lumber Co., the log exporters are buying better quality material, and they are paying well above normal market prices for those logs. Storey Sawmill in Troy, Tennessee, is in…
