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…
The National Environment Council (CONAMA) recently approved two measures for the forest sector. First Resolution N° 411/2009: was amended. This covers standardisation of the nomenclature system and integration of the National System for the Control of the Origin of Forest Products (SINAFLOR) with state electronic systems and secondly an extension…
Zhuangzhai Town, Cao County, Heze City in Shandong Province is one of the important wood-based panel production bases in the country and the largest candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus or moluccana) processing, trading and distribution centre for candlenut wood products. Wood processing is the leading industry in Zhuangzhai Town. There are more…
Burning large amounts of wood from forests can cut greenhouse gas pollution—but only alongside policies that encourage new trees to quickly absorb carbon dioxide. That’s the conclusion of new research published in Science Advances, which seeks to counter the prevailing view that biomass can worsen climate change. Energy companies in the…
The coronavirus outbreak that originated from China has now infected more than 80,000 people globally and is currently spreading in Europe and the Middle East tumbling markets across the world. As the virus advances throughout the world, wood trade in and with China is at the moment disrupted and suffering…
Forisk Consulting, a leader in North American forest industry and timber market research, has acquired the North American Wood Fiber Review from Wood Resources International of Bothell, Washington. The Review, which tracks wood fiber markets in all major regions of the United States and Canada, will be published by Forisk…
The total area notified for final felling in Sweden decreased by 24% in November compared to the same month last year, and it decreased the most in the region South of Sweden, according to the Swedish Forest Agency. The total area notified for final felling was 26 058 hectares in…
The prices for solid wood and wood-based materials for pallets and wood packaging in Germany continued to rise in the third quarter of 2018. Solid wood for pallets Following a rapid increase in prices in the second half of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, prices for solid wood for…
The German Association of Wood Packaging, Pallets and Export Packaging (HPE) price index shows that solid wood and wood-based materials for the production of pallets and wood packaging continued to increase. Apart from OSB, all price indices have reached new highs. The index for solid wood for wooden packaging is now at an all-time…
