The spruce lumber exports of German sawmills are also in the annual closing statement clearly negative. In December 249.953 cbm were exported, decreasing 11 percent. The export value declined 5 percent. Looking at the period from January to December the amount of spruce lumber exported from Germany declined 20 percent to 3.76 million cbm, corresponding to a value of 57.4 million euro, down 24 percent.
Indonesia, together with Australia, has launched an A$30
million reforestation project in Sumatra in a bid to address
greenhouse gas emissions and introduce a carbon-trading
scheme under the REDD programme...
Exports of Malaysian furniture are expected to reach
RM10 billion for the current year according to the
Malaysian Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities
Minister...
In 2009 the business of the forest associations of Austria was strongly influenced by economic conditions and the sharp decline in exports of the domestic wood processing industry.
Data available from the Timber Industry Development
Division of the Forestry Commission (TIDD) indicates
that contracts for a volume of 94,369 cubic metres (down
17% Qtr on Qtr) and 2,475 pieces of furniture parts were
processed and approved for export during the fourth
quarter of 2009...
Although details of the log export ban in Gabon have not
yet been totally finalised, the log markets have remained
remarkably calm. The prospect of the loss of such a major
player from the log market has not resulted, as yet, in
noticeable price movements for logs...
Weinig AG is close to finalising an agreement to acquire insolvent Holz-Her. Subject to the successful conclusion of negotiations and approval by the Weinig AG board of directors, Holz-Her is expected to trade as an…
The state-owned forestry organization ONF has taken stock of the damages in the French woods caused by the hurricane Xynthia end of February. Overall the forestry experts emanate from no more than 500,000 cubic meters storm-fallen timber in all forests owned by public authorities.
