Forest Products

Export tariffs on logs shipped from Russia, the world's largest log supplier, are set to be reduced as the country becomes a member of the WTO. The proposed new lower ta...

Reduced activities in the housing construction sector in China decreased importation of softwood logs and lumber in late 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Despi...

Global trade of wood chips has gone up substantially the past two years. Hardwood chip export from Chile, Uruguay and Brazil was up 43 percent in 2011 compared to 2009, ...

Relatively low fossil fuel prices have reduced the demand and prices of woody biomass throughout the US the past three years, reports the North American Wood Fiber Revie...

Citing enhanced flavor preservation and logistical cost savings, BJJs Wholesale Club is replacing its 40 oz canned ground coffee with a new, flexible package designed by...

Log exportation from New Zealand continues to rise at a record pace, with almost one-third of the countryys timber harvest being processed at sawmills in China. The high...

Chinese pulp mills increasingly have to rely on imported wood chips for their wood fiber needs. In 2011, record volumes are being imported mainly from hardwood plantatio...

Slowing lumber markets throughout the world have resulted in declining sawlog prices in many of the major lumber-producing regions in Europe and North America, according...

USDA lab research confirms U.S. Aragonite Enterprises' Oshenitee brand as a renewable resource leading to its role as a material building block in an important USDA gran...

Profit margins are being squeezed for many hardwood pulp producers worldwide with higher wood fiber costs and lower product prices. The hardwood wood fiber price index (...