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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…

Finland’s sawn timber exports on a downward trend

The export value of Finnish forest products in January-September reached 11.29 billion…

High wood prices multiplied the profit of the Czech forest state company

The Czech state company Lesy České republiky (LČR) in the first three…

Global container freight rates falling sharply

For more than two years the only way for container shipping prices…