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The Ukraine Is Planning to Introduce Export Duty on Roundwood
May 3, 2013The Ukraine is planning to introduce export duty on roundwood for a period of five years starting from 1 January 2014. Under the latest draft law, which was examined by the Ukrainian parliament in February 2013 in its first reading, an ...
Tags: Ukraine, Log Exports
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Problems Are Still Being Encountered in Exports to The EU at Reduced Rates of Customs Duty
Dec 4, 2012For a variety of reasons, problems are still being encountered in exports of Russian softwood logs to the EU at reduced rates of customs duty. Since Russia's accession to the WTO, spruce and pine logs can be imported into the EU at reduced ...
Tags: exports of Russian softwood logs, softwood logs, rates of customs duty
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Lumber Prices Are Rising in The U. S. Because of Greater Demand in Asia
Aug 17, 2012Lumber prices are rising in the U. S. Because of greater demand in Asia, which is a sign of recovery in the international real estate market. The exchange-traded fund for lumber, Claymore Beacon Global Timber Index (CUT, quote), has climbed ...
Tags: market view, lumber, demand, price
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Raw Log Exports Keep B. C. Taxpayers Working
Aug 10, 2012Raw log exports keep B. C. Taxpayers working. Del Horn forgets to remember that B. C. Is not the only place in the world to buy lumber from. If he wants raw log exports to stop and the logs made into lumber here in B. C., he must decide on ...
Tags: market view, Raw log
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Does The Export of Raw Logs to China Hurt or Help British Columbia's Economy?
Jul 10, 2012Does the export of raw logs to China hurt or help British Columbia's economy? NDP leader Adrian Dix is rallying for export tariffs on logs, which would put a hard stop on the export of raw logs from B. C. That are being shipped and ...
Tags: market view, raw log
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The Northeast Kingdom Is The Remotest Part of Vermont
Jun 7, 2012The Northeast Kingdom is the remotest part of Vermont, but it's also deeply intertwined in the global economy. Nowhere is this more evident than in the forest products industry. Many sawmills are dark and the paper companies have left. ...
Tags: market view, Forest
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Spruce up Your Trading and Let The Fir Fly
Apr 12, 2012Are yew pining for profits? Spruce up your trading and let the fir fly. The futures industry has always had something of a hate-hate relationship with forest products. Contracts on plywood and oriented strand board have bitten the sawdust ...
Tags: market view, lumber
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Exports of Wood Pellets From North America Reached a Record High of Over Two Million Tons
Apr 11, 2012Prince George, B. C. - Exports of wood pellets from North America reached a record high of over two million tons in 2011 according to the latest edition of North American Wood fibre review. The report says that while Canada has long been ...
Tags: market view, raw log
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Sawlog Prices in The 4Q/11 Were Down Both in U. S. Dollar Terms and in Local Currencies
Mar 7, 2012Sawlog prices in the 4Q/11 were down both in U. S. Dollar terms and in local currencies in most of the 20 regions we cover, as compared to the previous quarter. The biggest declines occurred in Western Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia and ...
Tags: market view, sawlog, price
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Forest Clearance on Disputed Land-Leases Is Likely to Continue at Record Levels
Feb 9, 2012Forest clearance on disputed land-leases in Papua New Guinea is likely to continue at record levels for the next five to six years, according to the organisation which represents logging companies. In 2011, logging on Special Agricultural ...
Tags: industry trends, timber
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Most North American Hardwood Exporters and International Buyers Reported Reduced Trade
Jan 11, 2012Most North American hardwood exporters and international buyers reported reduced trade in December. Holidays and economic concerns kept European markets quiet, while the upcoming Chinese New Year curtailed shipments to the Far East. Sellers ...
Tags: market view, hardwood, price
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New Zealand's Sawn Timber Exports to China Have Been 'hammered'
Dec 2, 2011New Zealand's sawn timber exports to China have been 'hammered', while raw log shipments surged in the wake of Beijing's efforts to cool the economy. This is amid increased sales by rival forestry nations such as Canada, according to the ...
Tags: market view, sawn timber, log
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West Coast Log and Lumber Exports in The First 9 Months of 2011 Surpassed Exports for 2010
Nov 24, 2011West 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 ...
Tags: market view, lumber
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New Zealand's Timber Exports Are Expected to Reach a Record High This Year
Nov 13, 2011New 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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