Search Results: 'ITTO'

Plywood sales On steady course
25 September, 2017
UK plywood demand is reasonably healthy, and expected to remain so, but shipping issuesand environmental crackdowns in China could affect supply. Keren Fallwell reports

Mills hold price solidarity
20 November, 2015
West and Central African hardwood producers have held their price solidarity in spite of several negative market factors

Plywood demand remains on even keel
21 September, 2015
The plywood sector is expected to remain on a stable course for the remainder of the year but there are still some issues causing concern. Keren Fallwell reports.

Changing Times
20 July, 2015
The first two months of 2015 brought a change in markets for West & Central African timbers, ending the 2014 general upwards trend in both price and demand.

Price rises tell the story
20 January, 2015
Some of the main African hardwood species saw strong price rises in 2014 and, as we enter 2015, supply and demand remain broadly in balance

Banking on boring
15 June, 2013
The UK hardwood sector remains a tough place to be, but traders report signs of greater stability. Mike Jeffree reports

Optimism improves among Asian producers
01 June, 2013
European business is slow for Asian producers but markets closer to home are keeping them busy.

Doubly demanding days for hardwood
23 February, 2013
The hardwood sector acknowledges that contending simultaneously with competitive market conditions and the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation is a challenge. Mike Jeffree reports

Malaysian and Indonesian exports under pressure
07 January, 2012
The Eurozone debt crisis is impacting on Asian timber producers

Autumn uplift unlikely for Asian suppliers as buyers remain cautious
06 August, 2011
Driven by demand from China and India, prices of Asian timber have continued to rise but European buyers are keeping stocks low

Tropical sawn lumber makes major gains
11 June, 2011
The market is strong for west and central African producers but whether the recent large rises in sawn timber prices can be sustained remains to be seen

Supply problems stymie plans to increase output
05 March, 2011
The price rises of 2010 have continued into this year in South-east Asia, mostly driven by log shortages

Domestic demand enforces stability in Asian markets
13 November, 2010
Asian markets remain fairly quiet but growing, and increasingly sophisticated, domestic demand is having a stable influence

Asian exporters active, but not in Europe
20 March, 2010
There is little European demand for Asian timber

Europe and US offer Asians little comfort
28 November, 2009
Production cuts have been effective in bringing some stability to Asia’s log and lumber trade, but global demand remains depressed

Europe has little impact on Asian improvement
25 July, 2009
Some stability is being restored in Asian markets but European buyers are notable by their absence

Exchange rates give advantage to West Africa
21 March, 2009
The current economic conditions mean West Africa is a more attractive source than Asia for European buyers, however, in the long term, Asia’s strength lies in its value-added products

Demand from neighbours helps to sustain trade
25 October, 2008
Buoyed by demand from the Asia-Pacific region, Far East markets have remained surprisingly firm

Far East enjoys stability in uncertain market
07 June, 2008
In contrast to their West African counterparts, prices have remained relatively firm for Malaysian and Indonesian exporters of timber and plywood

Asian market settles as forecast slowdown fails to take hold
02 February, 2008
After a slight blip late last year, the market has stabilised and shippers are resisting pressure from UK and European buyers to reduce prices