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After four consecutive years of record lumber consumption, demand for lumber fell in 2006 and is expected to slow further during 2007, according to a forecast by Western Wood Products Association (WWPA).
A decrease in housing construction is expected to reduce lumber demand in 2006 by 3.2 percent to…... [more...]
Vietnam’s exports of wood products are estimated to reach $2.2 billion in 2006, up 38% from 2005, according to the Vietnam Forest and Wood Products Association ...... [more...]
Concerns over raw material supply for the solid-wood sector and the current forest management policy were the main topics discussed during the Tropical Wood Supply ...... [more...]
The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF), Dutch Timber Trade Association (NTTA) and Malaysian Timber Council have joined forces to implement a programme of market research ...... [more...]
Thunderstorms continued to hit most parts of Malaysia. However, business activities were slowing down ahead of the Christmas and New Year holiday season in export markets ...... [more...]
The Minister of Finance, Baah Wiredu, read the nation’s 2007 Budget Statement to the Parliament recently. According to the Budget, the 3% duty on timber exports ...... [more...]
The Finnish Competition Authority has today given its proposal to the Finnish Market Court on the investigation in raw wood procurement in Finland ...... [more...]
The EU Commission is studying an extension of its anti-dumping measures against Okoumé plywood to plywood with at least a layer of Bintangor, Red Canarium and Kendondong. Until…... [more...]
Unseasonably warm November weather helped boost total housing starts 6.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.588 million units for the month ...... [more...]
Austrian company BDT plans to invest into the Russian timber industry. In early 2007, construction of a new sawmilling plant with planned annual output of 100,000 m3 of ...... [more...]