23.10.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Softwood lumber production in Germany, at a total of 18.5m m³, could
prove in the current year to be roughly 16 % lower than that achieved
in 2008. It emerges from the situation report drawn up by the German
delegation at this year’s meeting of the UNECE Timber Committee in
Geneva...Deciduous forests on the increase in Sweden
22.10.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
This year's national forest inventory made by the Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences shows that the part of deciduous trees in
Swedish forests is now the biggest since the 1920s.
The
country's timber resources are still increasing. Deciduous trees...Germany, 2009: Woodworking Machinery Industry Down 35-45%
30.09.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
New orders in the German woodworking
industry decreased by 63% in the first half of 2009 with respect to the
similar period of 2008. The Woodworking Machinery Association shared with VDMA the fact that domestic orders fell by 32% and foreign ones by 69%.
"2006, 2007 and 2008 brought above...IKEA to set up woodworking facility in Belarus
17.09.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
IKEA plans to set up a woodworking facility in Belarus, Forestry
Minister of Belarus Piotr Semashko told BelTA at the Woodworking 2009
exhibition in Minsk on 15 September.
The company will be located near the town of Borisov. The
annual timber processing will make up approximately 600...Exports of round timber in Latvia down by 36.5% this year
04.09.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
As the Ministry's for Agriculture Forests Department informed, Latvia exported 1.09 million cubic meters of round timber in the first half of this year, it is the 36.5% drop compared to exports of 1.73 million cubic meters of round timber in the same period last year, writes LETA.The value...Russian Timber Price Soars in Suifenhe Checkpoint
04.09.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
This phenomenon stems from the seasonal factors as well as from the
increase on timber export tax made by Russia and tightening of control
over illegal trafficking of timber. VOSTOK-MEDIA – The Russian-Chinese border checkpoint Suifenhe,
Heilongjiang province, has registered a reduction...Indonesia set for new timber certification system
27.08.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Indonesia is to introduce a new certification system for log and wood products, according to The Jarkata Post.The newspaper said the system would apply to domestic and exported timber products and would be administered by the Institute of Independent Evaluators and Verifiers which will issue...RF timber export curbs not aimed to infringe neighbours interests.
18.08.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Measures Russia takes to limit timber exports are not aimed to infringe the interests of neighbours but arå linked with the need to develop timber processing within the country, Sergei Prikhodko, the Russian president-s aide, said in connection with the upcoming talks of the presidents...Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss glaring situation with export of round timber
18.08.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, at the upcoming talks with the leaders of Finland and China, is going to raise the question of the Russian timber export. He stated this on Monday at the meeting with heads of parliamentary factions who raised the matter of a complicated situation with the...German business secretary meets sawmilling group
12.08.2009 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The
German Association of the Sawmilling and Timber Industry (BSHD) has met
the government’s business secretary to discuss conditions in the German
timber industry, TTJ reported.BSHD
chief executive Frank Ahnefeld met parliamentary secretary in the
federal Ministry of Economics Hartmut...
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