North American mills face tariffs and closures, Europe postpones new deforestation rules, and Russia’s forest sector enters a structural crisis.
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Apparent consumption fell by 10.8%.
Exports of particle board from Thailand decreased 17%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnam to Japan upped 1.3%.
The price for wood chips imported to Japan stayed flat.
Leader of Russia’s largest forest industry company warns of a coming wave of bankruptcies.
Wood panels gain 0.5% month-on-month, while lumber and finished products record monthly declines.
Wooden housing declines 3.0%, accounting for 63.3% of total starts.
Price for wood pellets imported to Japan lost 6%.
Price for logs imported to Japan upped 5%.
Imports of lumber to Japan gained 3%.
Exports of wood chips from Thailand increased 24%.
Fuelwood value jumps 86% year-on-year as monthly purchase total grows 10%.
Imports of plywood to Egypt increased 6%.
Imports of OSB to the U.S. contracted 24%.
Price for particle board imported to Kazakhstan slipped 3%.
From January to November, total industrial roundwood harvest reaches 56.2 million m3, increasing 2% from the previous year.
Exports of lumber from the U.S. to Mexico expanded 9%.
Exports of southern yellow pine lumber from the U.S. contracted 24%.
Exports of plywood from China slipped 4%.