15.12.2017 − In the USA housing starts in the twelve months up to and including October, adapted to account for seasonal influences, increased by 13.7% to 1.290m units by comparison with the twelve-month period until September. According to the US Census Bureau, housing starts thus reached the highe

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12.12.2017 − The growth rates of +16% and 21% reached by German exports of planed products in the first and second quarters respectively were greatly exceeded again in the third quarter at +59% to 418,138 m³. As had already been the case in the preceding quarters, it was exports to buyers outside Eu

The 100 largest companies of the timber industry of Russia have provided 56% of the revenues of the entire Russian forestry sector in 2016.According to the conclusions given in the annual rating of TopWood 100 of the Russian Forestry Industry published by WhatWood, the revenues of the 100 largest ti

In January-October 2017, Russian plywood exports went down in volume terms over the respective period of the last year, indicate the statistics published by the Russian Federal Customs Office.Thus, according to the latest data, in January-October Russian plywood export volume came up to 2.065 millio

According to the Brazilian Tree Industry Association (IBÁ) in the first nine months of this year Brazilian woodbased panel exports were worth US$212 million, a 20% increase year on year. On the other hand imports of woodbased panels remained stable at around US$3 million.Latin American countries rem

The trend in housing starts was 226,270 units in November 2017, compared to 216,642 units in October 2017, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.“The trend

The US International Trade Commission has issued a final ruling in the China hardwood plywood case confirming that, in their view, US plywood manufacturers have been materially injured by low-priced and subsidised imports of Chinese-made hardwood plywood.The 4-0 ITC vote on 1 December paves the way

The American Wood Council (AWC) elected Roseburg Forest Products CEO Allyn Ford as the AWC chairman for a one-year term, effective in January 2018.Danny White, a director of T.R. Miller Mill Company, was elected the first vice-chairman, and Neil Sherman, executive vice president of siding at LP Corp