Importation of logs and lumber to China were up over 10% the first four months of 2013 after a reduction in wood demand during 2012, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Source: Wood Resources International LLC
The world’s most nimble harvester, the T-Bear, is a homemade marvel controlled only by a voice and two buttons instead of joysticks and levers. Source: Timberbiz, Elmia
North Canterbury owners of a Parnassus farm admired for its trees by passing motorists have won the South Island Foresters of the Year award. Sources: Scoop NZ, Fairfax NZ
The Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) will launch a design roadmap for the furniture industry as it looks to promote exports of higher value added products as opposed to mainly primary timber products. Source: Sun2Surf
A resurgence in US housing construction is still expected to boost lumber prices, but perhaps not as high as had been expected this year. Source: CTV News (Canada)
A report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has found the total size of WA's timber plantations in WA diminished by nearly 2% in one year. Source: ABC News