The China Wood Structural Design Standard will be revised in August to allow use of Japanese species of cedar, cypress and larch for post and beam construction in China. Discussion has been held for more than seven years between the Wood Export Promotion Association of Japan (WEPA) and the Housing C

It has been reported by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) that the value of China's 2017 foreign trade rose 14.2% year on year to RMB27.79 trillion (USD4.28 trillion) bringing to an end the previous two yearly consecutive declines.China's exports increased 10.8% to RMB 15.33 trillion while

Vietnamese exports of forestry products are forecast to amount to US $9 billion in 2018. During 2017, the exports of wooden and other forestry products reached 10.2%, to US $8 billion, a value that had been targeted for 2020.According to Nguyen Quoc Khanh, chairman of the Handicraft and Wood Industr

China has recently released a new design code for timber structure as to give a boost to the industry to extend the use of wood and improve the grading system of wood strength, Canada Wood reported. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban and Rural construction, this new standard, numbered as

According to China’s Statistics Office, investment in domestic real estate in 2017 increased 7% year-on-year however, the pace of growth slowed compared to a year earlier. Investment in residential buildings in 2017 was up by 9.4%. Investment in eastern region grew by over 7% year-onyear.Growth in t

Tableros Hispanos is modernising the Nadela multi-opening plant and has commissioned Dieffenbacher to upgrade the existing plant.The first stage will include the upgrading of the forming station, forming line, press and raw board handling system. This package, which includes a CPS+, was ordered in O

In December 2017 the total value of Brazil’s exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 26% in value compared to December 2016, from US$220.8 million to US$277.4 million.Brazil's pine sawnwood exports increased 21% from US$ 35.1 million in December 2016 to US$ 42.4 million in 2

The 8th China Global Wood Trade Conference (GWT China), organized by China Timber & Wood Products Distribution Association and co-organized by WOOD MARKETS/FEA, will be held in Chongqing on Sept. 16-17, 2018.In 2017, China imported 108.5 million m3 of timber, in which 55.4 million m3 of logs were im

In the first eleven months of 2017, Russia increased its sawn timber exports again, both in value and in volume terms, indicate the statistics published by the Russian Federal Customs Office.Thus, during the first eleven months of the current year Russia exported 16.59 million tonnes of sawn timber.

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