Category: Business Trends Abroad

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Ontario Business Trends

This year’s fire season came early with uncontrolled fires in every province across the country caused by unseasonably warm temperatures and little rain, making it

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Quebec Business Trends

With the July construction break behind us, business is slowly getting back to normal. Markets for most grade lumber items are weak, advised contacts, which

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Business Trends Abroad

Brazil – Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) decreased 35 percent in value compared to last year, from US$503.3 million to US$329.2

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Ontario/Quebec Business Trends

Fires, weather, housing starts and interest rates dominated the discussion this period. An Ontario manufacturer indicated that “we’re quiet right now. It feels like the

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Ontario Business Trends

Heading into spring, sawmill contacts noted they had lower log decks, while others had increased log inventories. Green lumber sales were reported as mixed with

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Quebec Business Trends

As we welcomed a late spring and warmer temperatures, logging activity had improved in most areas contacted. Sawmills advise decks are growing, and so lumber

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Business Trends Abroad

Vietnam – According to the latest data available from the General Department of Customs Wood and Wood Products (W&WP) exports here were valued at US$1.2

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Business Trends Abroad

Vietnam – There has been a decline in wood and wood product (W&WP) exports to almost all markets at the beginning of 2023. Exports to

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Business Trends Abroad June-July 2022

Peru–The Forest Stewarship Council (FSC) has blocked three Peruvian certificate holders and their FSC certification has been suspended because they were unable to verify the

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Business Trends Abroad

Italy – The Centre For Industrial Studies (CSIL) recently published its 2022 edition of “World Furniture Outlook,” which is issued twice a year, in July

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Business Trends Abroad

Indonesia– The Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Bambang Hendroyono, has indicated that from the beginning of July 2020 the performance of

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Business Trends Abroad

Vietnam – In the first seven months of this year Vietnam’s wood and wood product (W&WP) exports earned US$9.6 billion, up 55 percent year-on-year. However,

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Business Trends Abroad

Italy – Fordaq reports that between rising prices and a shortage of raw materials, the Italian wood-furniture supply chain is in a particularly delicate phase. 

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Business Trends Abroad

Canada—The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) recently issued a determination that decorative plywood imports from China have not injured and are not threatening to injure

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