The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.
The proposal keeps an exemption process and sets July deadlines, while the determination cites illegal logging and timber laundering as factors that distort wood-product pricing.
Exports of bleached hardwood kraft pulp from Chile gained 4%.
Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp exported from Chile lost 8%.
Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Brazil gained 1.3%.
Exports of plywood from Brazil lost 5%.
Price for lumber exported from Brazil gained 1.8%.
Price for plywood exported from Chile rose 1.2%.
Price for lumber exported from Chile decreased 9%.
Funding will support low-carbon wood technologies, mass timber housing, Indigenous participation and export diversification while ministers review Task Force recommendations
Compared with the previous month, production was up 13%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 13%.
Japan and the United States were the largest destinations, accounting for about 25% and 23% of volume respectively.
Price for wood pellets exported from Indonesia gained 4%.
Price for wood chips exported from Indonesia expanded 15%.
Exports of MDF panels from Turkey gained 1.1%.
China's construction crisis and higher logistics costs have cut shipments, while Russia's downgraded economic outlook limits domestic absorption of growing supply.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 7%.
Timber price declines may ease costs only with a lag and further closures are likely if the market doesn't improve.
The first compact store opened in Limoges at 3,000 m² and a second will open in Le Mans; the format offers more than a quarter of the IKEA range for immediate pick-up and will be located mainly in retail parks.