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This report contains prices of logs, wooden beams, veneer, plywood, solid wood flooring and other items from timber markets in several Chinese regions: Jiashan Kaihua, Shanghai Furen, Beijing Dongba...... [more...]
The parameters of the Japanese economy recorded a decline in 2012. With an annual GDP of -0.4 percent and a fall of the industrial sector in the second half of 2012, the Japanese economy seems quite vulnerable due to the euro crisis and the island dispute with its main trade partner, China... With all these negative results of the Japanese economy, the softwood timber exports from the EU to Japan registered a growth of 4% (from 2,533,950 cbm to 2,638,393 cbm).... [more...]
US tropical sawn hardwood imports increased in January as firm demand was anticipated for the beginning of 2013. Export prices for several species moved higher on the back of the positive buyer sentiment and firm orders.... [more...]
South Korea's trade commission decided to impose preliminary antidumping duties on Chinese plywood as the products made in China were judged to do damages to local manufacturers by selling at lower prices, the economy ministry said Thursday last week.... [more...]
The new plant (70 ha) will be located in the county of Covasna and will start to operate within 2014. 650 new jobs will be created directly, in related industries 2.000 jobs will be generated.... [more...]
Georgia-Pacific last Friday announced that it is developing plans for potential investments, which total nearly $400 million, in its plywood and lumber operations. These facility expansions and equipment upgrades will further strengthen the company's commitment to meet customers' needs in the building products industry.... [more...]
Tembec announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its NBSK pulp mill and related assets and liabilities located in Skookumchuck, British Columbia to Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corporation ("Paper Excellence") for a purchase price of...... [more...]
If in 2011, Poland mainly imported its softwood chips from the EU countries, in 2012 this situation changed. According to Eurostat, an increase of 229% of softwood chips imports from Belarus, in 2012, changed the balance, making Belarus the largest source of imports for Poland (with a rise from 73,245 tons in 2011 to 240,245 tons in 2012).... [more...]