U.S. packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in May 2021 increased 5% compared to May 2020. They were up 2% when compared to the same five months of 2020.
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UK’s waste wood exports reduced from 190,000 tonnes in 2019 to 92,000 tonnes in 2020, but imports increased from 20,000 tonnes in 2019 to 82,000 tonnes last year. The total amount of waste wood collected in 2020 was 4,050,000 tonnes, approximately 10% lower than in 2019 when it was 4.5 million tonnes.
Raute will move its operations in China to a new location in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. The new facility is located some three hours’ drive from Shanghai and there is a fast and efficient train connection. Operations in the new site are planned to start in January 2022.
New Zealand’s export prices for forestry products rose 7% in the March 2021 quarter. Within that category, prices for wood exports rose 9.1% over the quarter to reach the highest prices on record, slightly exceeding the previous peak in the June 2020 quarter.
Keta Kosman, Publisher of Madison’s Lumber Reporter, monitors lumber prices every day. She thinks we are in a new era for the economy. In the 1950s, there was much infrastructure building, it was all a huge boom for the economy for two decades. We're in a similar situation right now, she says. The U.S. administration i...
After successful launches in the US and Asia, Välinge Flooring will now launch in France. The launch creates a whole new category of floors called ‘Hardened Wood Flooring’ — offering the unmistakable feel and luxury of a real wood floor with next-level durability and water resistance.
Finnish forest machine manufacturer Logset Oy and South African forest machine dealer Green Projects have signed a dealer agreement to market and sell Logset products in Southern Africa. Under the terms of the agreement the new dealer will provide sales, service and parts for the Logset equipment.
Paper Excellence announces that the first barge has been successfully loaded with chips produced by Atli Chip Limited Partnership which is a new First Nations partnership for the Company.
U.S. total packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in April 2021 increased 4% compared to April 2020. They were up 1% when compared to the same four months of 2020.
Russ Taylor, president of British Columbia based Russ Taylor Global, says that high prices cure high prices. High lumber prices will eventually reduce demand and increase supply – high prices scare people away. He is confident the prices for lumber will start to settle down, but at higher levels than we have ever seen ...
From July 1, 2021, Russia introduces new duties on the export of green lumber with a moisture content exceeding 22%. The duty rate for softwood and oak will be 10%, but not less than Euro 13 and Euro 15 per 1 m3, respectively.
In 2020, Russian exports of softwood logs fell by 18.8% y-o-y to 6,9 million m3, while the average price dropped 3.8% to $76.0 per m3.
Germany exported a total of 12.7 million m3 of raw wood worth Euro 845 million in 2020. In terms of quantity, this was an increase of more than a third (42.6%) compared with 2019.
Canada's lumber production decreased 2.9% from January to 4 659.9 thousand cubic metres in February. Production was 1% lower than in February 2020.
Global trade of wood chips, which are mainly used by pulpmills, grew from about 21 million tons in 2009 to an all-time high of 35 million tons in 2018. Subsequently, trade declined for two consecutive years to reach just over 30 million tons in 2020.
The demand for lumber is on fire. In the United States prices have gone up 300% or 400%. The Canadian supply is going down fast. Is it a new super-cycle for lumber and permanent high prices? No one has an answer to this question. That never happened, but now wood prices are through the roof again. We tried to figure it...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (Minpromtorg) has proposed to introduce a temporary ban on the particleboard exports from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Tidewater’s Tampa branch becomes Tigercat dealership. The Tampa location will focus on supporting Tigercat’s growing material processing and off road industrial product lines
Double Helix and 11Foundry join forces to help timber companies better manage supply chain documents
11Foundry offers a compliance software solution named FiberTrace, developed for their industry peers to process, organise, and manage supply chain documents. DoubleHelix will help to ensure that all information and data entered into the FiberTrace system is authentic and trustworthy, all the way back to forest source.
Setra's first delivery of planed timber went from Varberg, Sweden, to Port Canaveral in Florida and will be distributed to customers in the southeastern United States. Setra plans for regular deliveries to mainly Port Canaveral and Baltimore.