China's total forest product exports were valued at US$31.5bn in the first nine months of 2011, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation's latest market report. The total was up 17% on a year ago, with wooden furniture ...
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Imprisonment is one of the penalties facing timber importers in the Australian government's new legislation prohibiting the importation and sale of illegally logged timber. The Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill (2011), now being debated in ...
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The Wood Awards 2012 will go ahead after the loss of £15, 000 of sponsorship from the Forestry Commission (FC), but need more backers to become a bigger event. That was the message from Tim Gregson, clerk of the Carpenters' Company, ...
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Howarth Timber is developing a new window range that will allow for a double or triple glazed window in the same frame. Mick Toner, Howarth Timber factory manager, said Howarth was predicting the industry would move towards triple glazing ...
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West Coast log and lumber exports in the first nine months of the year already have surpassed exports for all of 2010, largely because of Chinese demand, the U. S. Forest Service reported Monday. Along the entire West Coast, log exports ...
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HC Plastic mesh : Blown film production process and Faults Most thermoplastic blow molding method can be used to produce blown film, blown film is extruded thin plastic tube, then hot compressed air to blow plastic inflation, then by ...
Germany, Austria and Estonia are among countries being accused of dumping structural timber products in Australia at below market prices, according to industry newsletter Random Lengths. Australian customs authorities are investigating ...
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Finnish timber exporters managed to raise their softwood lumber and planed product exports in August 2011 by 9% against the same month last year to a total of approximately 355, 000 m³ (August 2010: 326, 000 m³). Here, growth was ...
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WITH the forced closure of another sawmill at Tambo last week, the Queensland timber industry has warned it is at risk of "decimation" unless urgent action is taken to fill critical labour shortages. Sawmill operator NK Collins Industries ...
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The lumber sector recently entered into a period of seasonal strength. What are prospects this year? Canadian lumber stocks such as Canfor, West Fraser Timber, and International Forest Products have a period of seasonal strength from ...
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Scientific Certification Systems has certified the Patneshwari Agricultural Co-Operative Limited under the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) program, making it the first timber-producing forest in India to earn FSC ...
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Timber sales proceeded at a stable pace in October and prices were high relative to long-term averages. Domestic timber is in good demand and the timber market is expected to be robust also in the closing part of the year. The forest ...
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New Zealand's timber exports are expected to reach a record high this year, largely due to demand from China, according to a recent report by Wood Resource Quarterly. In the first eight months of this year export volumes were 25% higher ...
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Environmental Product Declarations and wood modification are among new tools set to boost the commercial prospects of US hardwoods worldwide, the recent American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) European Convention heard. Entitled ...
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The Timber Price Indices - based on Forestry Commission sales and consisting of the coniferous standing sales price index and the sawlog price index - have been published today (November 10th). Figures showed that the average price for ...
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