The Swiss tropical-timber company Precious Woods will close its Dutch sales subsidiary in Nieuwerbrug during the course of the next few months and thereby also terminate the activities ofPrecious Woods Europe BV. The sell-off of timber ...
Tags: tropical-timber, wood, timber, subsidiary
Following the decline in turnover of 11.4% to €65.3m already announced in August, the French tropical-timber concern Rougier also showed a considerably higher operating loss of €4.4m in its business report for the first half of ...
Tags: tropical-timber, Construction
The downward trend in imports of tropical wood to the EU remained unabated in the first four months of 2013. According to information from the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), this applies to practically all the main ...
Tags: Wood, Construction
Imports of tropical lumber to the EU fell by 13% last year to 996,000 m3 and thereby dropped below the 1m m3 mark for the first time. Information from the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) shows that even in 2009, when the ...
Tags: Lumber, Construction
The Brazilian Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) is considering imposing a series of measures to promote the country’s plywood and sawmilling industry, according to the International Tropical Timber ...
Tags: plywood, sawmilling industry, wood products
Turnover of the French tropical timber group Rougier reflected a first marginal decline in turnover again in the first half of 2012. At an amount of €73.8m, the group was just 0.5% short of last year's turnover. In this context ...
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The National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) announced today that Brent J. McClendon, CAE, executive vice president (EVP) of the International Wood Products Association (IWPA), has been selected as the new president and CEO ...
Tags: wooden pallet, container, hardwoods, softwoods
New figures show that Poland maintained its position as Europe’s leader of parquet floor production in 2011. The European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP) said Poland's production share of the FEP area was 17.6%, followed by ...
Tags: market view, parquet flooring
A new strategy aimed at monitoring the supply chain of timber products using genetic and stable isotope markers will play a vital role in international efforts to combat illegal logging, say scientists, policy analysts and forestry experts ...
Tags: market view, timber, tracking tools
Ghana is currently considering importing logs from Cameroon after losing its forest cover, which stood at 8.2 million hectares a little over a century ago. Ghana’s primary rainforest has reduced by 90 percent over the past few years, ...
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A lack of funding has forced the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) to suspend the publication of its valued market information service. The bi-weekly market report gives information, pricing and market reports on all the ...
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Ghanaian timber export permits were down by nearly 30% in the third quarter, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s latest market report. The permits cover export of timber and wood products through the ports of ...
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Malaysia may be looking at the possibility of different states within the country making Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with the EU at different times, according to the latest market report of the International Tropical Timber ...
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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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EU imports of tropical sawn timber remained steady in the first six months of 2011 compared to a year ago, according to the latest market report of the International Tropical Timber Organisation. Volumes rose to 607, 000m³ (2010: 602, ...
Tags: sawn timber