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More sawmill curtailments in North America

Steven M. Anthony, President of Anthony Timberlands, Inc. (ATI), announced that effective…

Energy crisis and inflation still driving global timber industry production cuts, shutdowns

Since the third quarter, Europe has been caught in the vortex of…

Timber supply still good but further price reduction in the UK

Timber availability in the UK is currently described as good with further…

China to reduce tariffs on wood products with effect from Jan 2023

According to the Ministry of Finance of China, the Customs Tariff Commission…

New Zealand: Falling log exports and prices to China

According to the latest import and export data released by the customs,…

Sharp fall in Finland’s sawn timber exports to European countries

In the third quarter of 2022, Finnish exports of raw and planed…

Latvia will strictly investigate the import of “conflict timber” from Russia

On December 14, the Latvian State Forestry Administration issued a reminder that…

UK timber import volumes expected to grow long term, despite recent fluctuations

Average UK timber import totals from 2010 to 2022 have seen steady…

Russian plywood production and exports collapse; new markets in sight

Since the beginning of this year, both domestic production and export growth…

Bark beetle blue timber not well received on the European market

Swedish sawmills have received large quantities of timber attacked by spruce bark…