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Import warning on birch plywood from the Far East it may be Russian

05 August 2022
The Timber Trade Federation in the UK has issued an import warning for TTF members on birch plywood coming from the Far East. A worrying development has emerged in recent weeks as TDUK members have reported increasing offers of Birch Plywood coming from the Far East, particularly Chin
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Third review of softwood imports to US from Canada confirms unfair trade

05 August 2022
The US Department of Commerce issued its final determination in the third annual review of softwood lumber imports from Canada. The total duty rate of 8.59% confirms yet again that Canadian lumber imports are unfairly traded into the US market, the US Lumber Coalition said in a statem
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Tigercat founder takes over as president

05 August 2022
Tigercat founder Ken MacDonald has taken on the role of president, Tigercat Industries. On 2 August 2022, Grant Somerville stepped away from his role as president of Tigercat Industries. The timing is related to his original intention to serve as president for a five-year term when he
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Draft report into the residential building supplies market in NZ

05 August 2022
A draft report that sets out the preliminary findings and draft recommendations from a study into the New Zealand building supplies market has been released. The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs asked the Commerce Commission to examine whether competition for the supply or ac
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Fletcher to acquire frame & truss plant and building products stores

05 August 2022
Fletcher Distribution can acquire Tumu stores and a frame and truss plant. New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Fletcher Distribution Limited (FDL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fletcher Building Limited that operates the national network of Placemakers stores,
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Wood You Like to Know as an architect, engineer or specifier

05 August 2022
More than 100 architects, engineers, and specifiers will gather in Melbourne on 24 August for one of Australia’s largest timber industry events. Titled ‘Wood You Like to Know’, it aligns with the Ultimate Renewable theme promoting timber as “undeniably the most sustainable building ma
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Forestry Corp looking to buy Hume Forests

05 August 2022
The Forestry Corporation of New South Wales is looking to buy Hume Forests. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced on 3 August that it was making market inquiries about the Forestry Corp’s proposal to buy Hume and is inviting submissions from interested parties w
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Wake up Australia there’s a serious timber supply problem, and Victoria imports too much

05 August 2022
Australia’s housing construction sector faces a serious timber supply gap by mid-century if the nation doesn’t move quickly to implement the billion new production trees plan, a new Forest and Wood Products Australia report has found. Source: Timberbiz The final report released this w
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Opinion: Robert Onfray – What does a forester do?

05 August 2022
Over the years, when meeting people at dinner parties, bar-b-ques, or other social events, I was often asked what I did for a living. After I replied I was a forester, most people would then ask, “what does a forester do”? This is not surprising as forestry is a relatively new profess
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Friday Analysis: NSW parliamentary debate is not a signature event

05 August 2022
The headline online on Thursday screamed “Parliament compelled by 20,000 petitioners to debate future of native forest logging”. Another headline read “20,000 people force parliament to debate ending native forest logging”. Well, some of that was sort of accurate. First th
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