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The Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend brought a not-surprising further drop in prices of most benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber commodities, as the days got increasingly shorter and the weather turned ever more winter-like. Demand across North America was almost entirely for small fill-in orders, while sawmills were preoccupied with locating shipments long-ago sent to customers but still not arrived...... [više ...]
The Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research (EAER) of Switzerland has initiated administrative criminal proceedings against Ikea...... [više ...]
US imports of sawn tropical hardwood by volume gained 18% in August to notch a rise of more than 10% for the third straight month. At 14,861 cubic metres, the volume of tropical hardwood imported was down less than 7% from August 2020...... [više ...]
Despite the ongoing global pandemic, wood product exports for the first three quarters of the year jumped to US$8.3 billion, only just below the US$8.5 billion earned in the same period in 2019...... [više ...]
In July-September, Stora Enso's net sales decreased by 13.5 percent from last year to EUR 2.1 billion and operating profit by 29 percent to EUR 175 million....... [više ...]
The United States has announced that it will investigate Vietnam’s acts, policies, and practices related to the import and use of timber that is illegally harvested or traded, as well as Vietnam’s currency practices to determine whether these actions are causing harm to US businesses...... [više ...]
After a sharp fall in UK imports of tropical timber products in May and June in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, imports rebounded strongly in July and made more gains in August. However, even in August, total imports were still down around 15% compared to the same month the previous year...... [više ...]
In a bid to stimulate the production of timber to the GDP of Central African States, members countries of the Congo Basin have taken the unanimous decision to end the exportation of timber logs from January 1, 2022...... [više ...]
Preparations for LIGNA.21 are already in full swing. The world’s top international wood-industry trade show is enjoying strong industry support despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheduled opening day is a good seven months away, but demand for exhibition space is already strong...... [više ...]
On 8 October 2020 the 68th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held for the first time ever online. Not even the Covid‐19 pandemic could stop producers and traders of softwood lumber from organizing their annual gathering. The Conference was, as usual, organized by the European Organization of the Sawmill Industries (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF)....... [više ...]
