19 July 2018 A new player has entered the UK and Ireland market to supply machined timber – Timber Focus Ltd. Puidukoda OU, based in Estonia, is partnering with Manchester based Timber Focus. Puidukoda, part of the Rose Group, said it was proud to have a partner in the UK in the form of a…

 Canada filed a WTO complaint against the United States concerning its trade practices that Canada says violate international trade law. The file was made public on Wednesday and cites nearly 200 complaints by Canada against the U.S., many of which include Canada’s trading partners such as China, India, Brazil, and the European Union. Filing the…

Canada has filed an expansive complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing the US of breaking international trade rules. The complaint challenges the ways that the US investigates products for subsidies and below-cost sales. The US called the claims “unfounded”. The action comes amid disputes between the two countries over areas such as dairy, aircraft…

by Vasylysa Hänninen The scarcity of birch logs in Russia—driven primarily by the country’s rapid birch plywood capacity expansion and a significant increase in birch log exports—is a topic that has been discussed by the domestic forest products industry and the government for a couple of years. Now, it seems that the dialogue has finally resulted…

Malaysia to continue to limit wood exports Moratorium aims to ensure furniture manufacturers have adequate supply Thomas Russell, January 9, 2018 PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – The Malaysian government announced it plans to continue to limit the amount of sawn timber exports, including rubberwood, a major component of both solid wood and veneered adult and youth furniture made…

After the currency-driven global lumber price slump in 2015, market demand and prices both started to improve in 2016. While overall global demand improved modestly in 2017 – at only half the rate of 2016 – it has been supply disruptions and changing dynamics that created a wild and unpredictable market that surpassed everyone’s expectations….

by EU FLEGT Facility, 19 December 2017 The Republic of Congo and the European Union (EU) have adopted a five-year plan for the implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) aimed at eliminating illegal logging. This Agreement is part of the EU initiative on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT).   Co-presidents of the JIC…

The Forestry Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four institutions to undertake landscape restoration in the Tain II Forest Reserve and its fringe areas. The MoU with Form Ghana Limited, Form International, the Berekum Traditional Council and the Berekum Municipal Assembly covers a four-year period, from 2017 to 2021, for phase I…

  Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedroarana after its founder was accused of ordering torture and murder Jonathan Watts Thu 23 Nov 2017 07.40 GMT Last modified on Wed 13 Dec 2017 12.29 GMT   More than a dozen US and European companies have been importing timber from a Brazilian logging firm whose owner is…

Khuon Narim / Khmer Times  Share: Vietnam customs data shows vast timber exports to the country. Supplied Vietnam imported $179 million worth of timber from Cambodia in the first nine months of the year, according to customs data from Hanoi released by the NGO Forest Trends yesterday. The timber, which was mostly sawn wood and logs, was…

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