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According to forecasts released by the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences, China’s economy is expected to be
healthy in 2010 with a growth in of GDP 9 percent.
Investments in fixed assets in 2009 are estimated at Yuan
22.74 trillion representing a growth of around 32 percent,
the highest in last sixteen years...... [more...]
Statistics from Shuifenhe Customs show that a total of
over 0.3 million cubic metres of sawnwood were imported
in first ten months of 2009, valued at US$62.2 million, up
201 percent and 162 percent respectively over the same
period of last year...... [more...]
The plywood market in Japan has seen tough times in
2009 and to end the year things got worse as the bottom
fell out of the market for softwood plywood...... [more...]
Prices for Greenheart logs remain were relatively stable.
Purpleheart standard sawmill quality prices climbed while
Mora log prices stayed firm...... [more...]
Here IHB/Fordaq-subscribers can see a detailed analysis of the precious logs sold by tender at Dresden/Saxony (1/19/2010) sorted by wood species and buyers.
According to data from the Export Association of Peru
(ADEX), wood sector exports from January – November
2009 were of US$135.09 million FOB, down 33.6% on
the same period in 2008...... [more...]
In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production decreased by 1.1% in the euro area (EA16) and by 0.6% in the EU27 in November 2009, compared with the previous month. In October, production fell by 0.4% and 0.3% respectively...... [more...]
Contrary to exports in Sinop, Sorriso, Lucas do Rio Verde
and Nova Mutum, wood products export from the
municipality of Alta Floresta, a major regional timber
exporter, dropped between January and November 2009,
compared to the same period of 2008...... [more...]