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       04-02-2007: Woodbuild 2007

       04-02-2007: Dubai Wood & Wood Machinery Industry

       27-01-2007: Glulam Market on the Rise

       17-12-2006: Finland Worried By Russia’s Plans To Increase Export Duties On Raw Timber

       17-12-2006: Sweden: Sawn Timber Prices on the Rise

       10-12-2006: Africa Dominates Timber Imports Through Zhangjiagang Port

       10-12-2006: UPM Starts Its Third Plywood Production Line In Russia

       10-12-2006: Japan: Plywood Prices To Peak As Winter Season Approaches

       03-12-2006: Russia - Putin Proposes Raising Timber Export Tariffs

       01-12-2006: Europe: Record in Wooden Panel Consumption in 2006

       01-12-2006: Housing Starts in Japan Rose 2.2% in October

       29-11-2006: Coillte Completes Acquisition of Weyerhaeuser Europe

       26-11-2006: US Patent Office Grants Välinge a New Patent

       26-11-2006: Anderson To Use Unilin’s Glueless Technology

       26-11-2006: Importers Look At Indonesia For Timber Supply

       20-11-2006: China and Chile Reach Agreement on Tariff Reduction

       15-11-2006: Softwood Market In Europe Grows

       15-11-2006: Polish Floor Board Producer Barlinek Expands To Ukraine

       14-11-2006: Flooring: Three New Licenses Signed With Välinge

     09-11-2006: Ghana Coconut Lumber Makes Debut in Europe

       09-11-2006: Prices of Malaysian Timber Products are Expected to Rise

       09-11-2006: Metsäliitto has Sold its Forest Holdings in Latvia

       07-11-2006: Price Increase in Laminate Flooring

       07-11-2006: Chinese Manufacturers to Push Plywood Prices Up

       02-11-2006: Small Sawmills Face Timber Shortage in Czech Republic

       02-11-2006: West Fraser Completes Sale of Sawmills to Hampton

       02-11-2006: Stora Enso Investments at Bad St. Leonhard Sawmill       

       25-10-2006: Unilin and Fischer Parket Marka Sign License Agreement

       25-10-2006: Japan and Chile Reach Agreement on FTA Framework

       23-10-2006: Wooden Pellet Prices Rise in Germany

       19-10-2006: Wilhelm Mende GmbH Declares Bankruptcy

       18-10-2006: America Woodenhouse Production Technologies to Russia

       18-10-2006: Wood Prices to Increase by 15-30% in France

       12-10-2006: Kronospan Buys FunderMax

       11-10-2006: Solid Wood More Competitive Than Concrete

       11-10-2006: Malaysia: Ramadan set to slow down sawmill supply

       04-10-2006: Log Prices in Germany Rose in 2nd Quarter 2006

       04-10-2006: Brazil: Solid Wood Products Rebound in Mixed Export Results

       04-10-2006: Malaysia Expects Higher Timber Earnings in 2006

     01-10-2006: Lumber Imports Rise as Log Imports Falter

     27-09-2006: Czech Republic Forests Group to Try FSC Certification System

       27-09-2006: Germany Opens Doors for Chinese Forestry Firms

       27-09-2006: Stora Enso Expands its Plantations in China

       25-09-2006: Malaysia: Timber Product Prices Stabilize on Eve of Autumn

       21-09-2006: China Raises Taxes to Cool Land Sales Down

       18-09-2006: New Dealer for John Deere Forestry Equipments to Siberia

       18-09-2006: Murphy Builds New LVL Plant

       18-09-2006: New Plywood Mill in Europe

       10-09-2006: New Zealand´s Forest Owners Allowed to Sell CO2 Credits

       10-09-2006: Stora Enso Finalizes the Divestment of Wolfsheck Mill in Germany

       10-09-2006: Positive Outlook for European Construction Sector

       10-09-2006: Sales of the German Wood Industry Rise 7.3%

       10-09-2006: New MDF Project in Brazil

       04-09-2006: Biesse collected machinery orders for 7 million USD during IWF

       04-09-2006: African Mills Report Orders for up to 4 Months

       04-09-2006: Far East Demand Stays Firm and Active

       04-09-2006: European Beech Exports to USA Increasing

       24-08-2006: Australian Forestry Skills Crisis

       24-08-2006: Plywood Exports Decline Amid Falling Prices

       24-08-2006: Stora Enso Upgrades and Expands its Sawmilling Operations in Russia

       17-08-2006: Recovery of Swedish Forestry after the Storm 

       17-08-2006: UPM Prepares to Downsize Spruce Sawmilling in Autumn

       17-08-2006: Logs and Sawnwood Account for 70% of Guyana’s Exports

       14-08-2006: PRIMARY WOODWORKING 2006

     09-08-2006: Turkish Wood Board Manufacturer to Invest USD 100 mln in Bulgaria

     09-08-2006: Furniture and Interior, Stavexpo Exhibition in Kosice

      09-08-2006: Higher Activity on Czech Wood Market

       04-08-2006: West Africa: Sawnwood Prices Hold Firm Despite Holiday Season

       02-08-2006: Gabon: SNBG Raises Okoume Log Prices

       02-08-2006: West Africa: Demand from China and India Drive Log Prices Up

       02-08-2006: Chinese Plywood Expands Market Share in the UK

       28-07-2006: Competition – The Most Beautiful Wood-Building of 2006

       27-07-2006: Indonesia's Plywood Exports to Halve in 2006

     27-07-2006: The Supply of South American Timber Declined

       24-07-2006: Excellent results for wood-processing industry in Germany

       18-07-2006: No Liberia Exports Despite Lifting of Ban

       18-07-2006: Euroconstruct Raises Forecast in Construction

       18-07-2006: Timber Show - New Wood Fair in England

       12-07-2006: Bolivia - Export of Forest Products Surge to New Record

     12-07-2006: Growing Demand for Dark Parquets in Germany

       11-07-2006: Pfleiderer Starts Up Raw Particleboard Production in Novgorod

       05-07-2006: Robust Growth for China’s Paper Consumption

       05-07-2006: Vietnam Exports Wooden Chairs to 80 Countries

       03-07-2006: Japan Housing Starts Rise 6.7% Year-on-Year in May

       30-06-2006: China Remains Top Market for US Hardwoods

       29-06-2006: Indonesia to Ban Use of Natural Forest Trees by 2014

       27-06-2006: Russian Lumber Industry Export Earnings Grew 21.4% in 2005

       26-06-2006: FSC and PEFC Certification of First Danish State Forests

       23-06-2006: Canfor Takes Downtime at Sawmills

       21-06-2006: Furniture Imports into EU Countries Grows

       20-06-2006: Stora Enso Intensifies its Operations in China

       20-06-2006: U.S. Increased Plywood Imports in Q1 2006

       19-06-2006: Egger Group Opens 1st Wood Processing Plant in Russia

       15-06-2006: Bolivia - Santa Cruz's Wood Exports Continue in Rising Trend

       14-06-2006: Wooden House 2006 (Ukraine)

       14-06-2006: Q1 Data Signals Recovery for Woodworking in Italy

       12-06-2006: New Export Duties on Russian Wood to Weaken Finland's Competitiveness

       09-06-2006: New Zealand Wood Innovation Centre Officially Opens its Doors

       09-06-2006: Flakeboard Signs Final Agreement to Purchase Weyerhaeuser Composite Panels Business

       08-06-2006: Record Low Forest Planting in Norway

       05-06-2006: Wintersteiger Gets into Band Saw Technology

       02-06-2006: Dieffenbacher Gets Orders from Hungary, Thailand, Canada and Czech Republic

       31-05-2006: Vietnam Obtains First FSC Certificate for Plantation

       31-05-2006: Timber Transports in Sweden Rose 29% in Q4 2005

       29-05-2006: Particleboard Enjoys Stable Production in Canada

       29-05-2006: Brazilian Exports of Solid Wood Decline Further

       25-05-2006: UK Tropical Plywood Imports Continue to Decline

       24-05-2006: Malaysia: Prices for Timber Products Reach 8-Year Highs

       22-05-2006: Fibreboard Sector in China Expands Production Capacity

       18-05-2006: China Imports More Timber Products Except Panels

       16-05-2006:  Ainsworth Signs Agreement with Manitoba to Build Engineered Wood Facility

       15-05-2006: Strike Halts Production at Stora Enso's Finnish Mills

       12-05-2006: Unilin Grants Jilin Forest King (China) Click Flooring License

       11-05-2006: Italian Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers Focus on Russia

       10-05-2006: Brazilian ABIMCI Reduces Export Estimate for 2006

       10-05-2006: Prolonged Log Shortage Exerts Pressure on Prices in Japan

       09-05-2006: Wood Shortage Creates Uncertainty for Finland´s Sawmills

       09-05-2006: Paper Production in Finland at Record Level

       04-05-2006: Duma Sees Need for Ban on Raw Timber Exports (Russia)

       03-05-2006: China Plans Billion Dollar Merbau Plant in Papua

       02-05-2006: Kronospan and Kronotex Aquire 40% of Välinge Shares

       02-05-2006: Tropical Ply Bucks Falling Trend in German Imports

       26-04-2006: Illegal Logging Features in Trade Talks with USA

       26-04-2006: INTERLES 2006

     26-04-2006: Weyerhaeuser Enters Into Final Negotiations to Sell Composite Panels Business

       24-04-2006: Central/West Africa: Prices Hold Firm on Strong Asian Demand

       20-04-2006: Bolivia Mulls Excluding Sawnwood from CEDEIM

       19-04-2006: India Faces Record Deficit in Timber Supply

       18-04-2006: India is Still Guatemala´s Largest Teak Importer

       18-04-2006: Growth of UK Furniture Market Outpaces Europe´s

       13-02-2006: New MDF-line for Pfleiderer Poland

       12-04-2006: Santa Cruz Consolidates Lead in Forestry - Bolivia

       11-04-2006: Latvia Starts Pine Exports to the United States

       10-04-2006: UPM will Decrease Production at Two of its Spruce Sawmills

       07-06-2006: Positive Expectations for Italian Furniture in 2006

       06-04-2006: Weyerhaeuser Constructs Shear Panel Plant in California

       05-04-2006: Current Design Trends in Laminate Floorings

       04-04-2006: Brazil - an Alternative Furniture Supplier

       03-04-2006: Slump in Tropical Log Imports in Japan

       31-03-2006: Australian Timber Industry in Crisis

       30-03-2006: Strategic Development Plan for the Forest Industry in Peru

       28-03-2006: New Record in Swedish Production of Sawn Timber

     27-03-2006: Carrefour International du Bois 2006 (France)

     24-03-2006: New Tax on Wooden Floor Panels in China

     23-03-2006: Stora Enso Timber Restarts Veitsiluoto Sawmill at Lower Production Volume

     22-03-2006: Green Light from EC for Scotland's Strategic Timber Transport Scheme

       21-03-2006: Sawn Wood Prices Edge Up Despite Quiet Markets (Africa)

       21-03-2006: Log Prices Hold Amid Sluggish Building Activities in Central/West Africa

       17-03-2006: Furniture Makers to File Anti-Dumping Complaint Against China

       16-03-2006: Pfleiderer Started Up First Section of New Particleboard Plant in Novgorod

       15-03-2006: Log Shortage Rises Timber Prices

       14-03-2006: Forest Products Industry in China Jumped 100% During 2001-2005

       10-03-2006: The Largest Treatment Plant in Baltia

       09-03-2006: UPM to Close Down Mill in UK Midlands

       08-03-2006: Klausner Increases Production of Softwood Lumber

       07-03-2006: Licenses for Wood Logging in the Amazon Rainforest

       06-03-2006: Stora Enso Decided to Sell Linghed Sawmill

       03-03-2006: Prices for Oak timber Still Rising

       02-03-2006: Sales of Wooden Houses Increase 30% a Year in Spain

       01-03-2006: Spanish Ence Invested 72 million EUR in Uruguay in 2005

     01-03-2006: Recovery of the Italian Demand for Wood Technologies

       28-02-2006: Brazilian Furniture Producers Hope to Remain Competitive

     27-02-2006: Furniture Exports in Brasil Hit 1 Billion USD

     23-02-2006: Log Prices Unchanged in West African Market

     22-02-2006: Russian Logs Export Duty Increasing Again

     21-02-2006: Acquisition in the Dutch Timber Market

     20-02-2006: Guyana to Become Largest Log Exporter in Latin America

     16-02-2006: Romanian Egger Investment Facilities under Discussion

     15-02-2006: Furniture Industry in Sweden Posts Growth in 2005

       14-02-2006: Dubai Wood Show - the only Wood Dedicated Show in the Gulf

       13-02-2006: ZOW 2006: More Space, More Services, more Themes in Bad Salzuflen

       09-02-2006: China Overtakes Italy as Cameroon’s Biggest Log Export Market

       08-02-2006: UPM Invests 8 Million EUR in Plywood Production in Finland

       07-02-2006: Tackle Climate Change: Use Wood

       06-02-2006: Lower Profits in China’s Furniture Industry

       03-02-2006: Samson Group from Taiwan Expands in China

       01-02-2006: Lower Forest Product Exports in 2005 (Vancouver)

       31-01-2006: Wood Supply Shortage in Slovak Wood Processing Enterprises

       30-01-2006: Wood Industry Sales in 2005 (Germany)

       27-01-2006: Chinese Timber Imports from Russia Still Growing

       26-01-2006: Finnish M-real will Cut 100 Jobs in Austrian Hallein

       25-01-2006: New Sawmill Monitoring System at BSW Timber (UK)

       24-01-2006: IKEA - New Shopping Centres in Russia

       23-01-2006: Strong Demand for Logs in Austria

       20-01-2006: Congo Boosts Exports Through Point Noir

       18-01-2006: Domotex Parquet Manufacturers are Optimistic for 2006

       17-01-2006: Chinese Plywood Market might Cool Down

     17-01-2006: Import Duty for Chinese Plywood Rises (EU)

       16-01-2006: Aroma Tagging for Log Tracking might Aid Forest Products Industry (Oregon)

       13-01-2006: Timber Shortage in Sweden

       11-01-2006: Slovak State-owned Enterprise Lesy SR will be Transforming to Company Incorporated

       10-01-2006: Counterfeiting - The Main Topic During General Assembly of Eumabois

       09-01-2006: Use of European Funds in Hranipex a.s. (Slovakia)

       04-01-2005: CE WOOD considers processing hardwood in Slovakia

       03-01-2006: Russia Sells Softwood Timber to China by UDS 35 Lower per m3 than Market Value

      02-01-2006: New Valmet Forwarders

       02-01-2006: Valmet Forwarders to Croatia

     30-12-2005: Spanish Entrepreneur Investing € 3.15 million in Orechova, Slovakia

      23-12-2005: EBRD Provides EUR 127 Million for Egger’s Expansion into Romania

       20-12-2005: Brazil’s Tropical Plywood Exports Continue to Decline

       16-12-2005: UPM Receives a Major Plywood Order from Korea

       14-12-2005: European Convention

       12-12-2005: Russia Increased Roundwood Export

       09-12-2005: CE WOOD to Enter the Market with Wood Energy (Czech Republic)

       08-12-2005: UPM Combines Wood and Plastic into a New Composite Product

       07-12-2005: Swedwood Slovakia to Extend Production to Majcichov

       07-12-2005: Monsoon Rains Affect Malaysia's Log Supply and Prices

       06-12-2005: European Hardwood Export Conference in Versailles

       06-12-2005: UPM (Finland) to Increase Fine Paper Prices in Europe

       05-12-2005: Hessen-Forst: Auction Confirms Oak Boom (Germany)

       02-12-2005: Beech Auction in Arnstein (Bavaria)

       28-11-2005: Timber Industry Struggling to Harvest Storm - Ravage Trees (USA)

       24-11-2005: FORTEL 2006 (Czech Republic)

       23-11-2005: Finnish Metsä-Botnia to Build Wood Processing Facilities in Russia

       23-11-2005: EU Imports 20 million m3 of Illegal Timber Annually from 6 Producing Regions

       22-11-2005: Malaysian Wood Products Added to EU’s GSP Scheme

       21-11-2005: Japanese Plywood Manufacturers Raised Prices by 10%

       18-11-2005: Weinig to Open a Spanish Subsidiary in Q1 2006

       18-11-2005: New Particleboard Plant being Built in Indonesia

       18-11-2005: Polands’ Furniture Production Driven by Exports

       15-11-2005: Egger to Open a Particleboard Plant in Romania

       14-11-2005: Moscow - Russia Boosts Timber Exports by more than 14% in 9 months

       14-11-2005: Prices of Furniture at Odds with Raw Material Prices (China)

       10-11-2005: Koskitukki Plans New Investment in Russia (Finland)

       09-11-2005: International Wood and Wood Machinery Show 2006 in Dubai

       09-11-2005: European Timber Trade Association Supports Initiatives in Wood-Processing

       08-11-2005: Weyerhaeuser Sold French Composite Panels Business to FINSA

       07-11-2005: European Companies Exhibited Wood Based Composite Building Materials in Japan

       04-11-2005: EU Considers Labelling Massive Furniture with ECO Mark

       02-11-2005: The European Wood Industry Increases its U.S. Market Share

       28-10-2005: EU to Introduce Licensing Scheme for Imports of Timber

       27-10-2005: New MDF Production Line to Advance Fiber Co. Ltd (Thailand)

       27-10-2005: Japan's Plywood Imports Decrease

       25-10-2005: Latvia Increased Round Wood Import by 54.9%

       25-10-2005: Taxes for Wood Export from Russia will Increase

       20-10-2005: Weinig to Compete Asia by Lowering Prices (Germany)

       19-10-2005: Wood Heating in New York

     19-10-2005: Malaysia Might Import Siberian Logs

       17-10-2005: Falco to close down Szentgotthard plant (Hungary)

       17-10-2005: Changing Forestry Taxation in Finland

       14-10-2005: China's Demand for Paper 4 Times Greater than Europe and North America

       13-10-2005: Continental Management has stopped a timber-processing mill building (Russia)

       12-10-2005: Swiss Forests Under-Exploited

       07-10-2005: Record Levels in Sawn-Wood Consumption in 2005

       07-10-2005: FanDOK Signed a EUR 1.5 Million Worth Contract With Ikea (Belarus)

       06-10-2005: New Paper Mill in Czech Republic (Finland)

       05-10-2005: Indiawood – 2006 (India)

       04-10-2005: Russia Becomes China's Biggest Hardwood Lumber Supplier

       30-09-2005: Wood Production in Great Britain Rose 7.1% in 2004

       29-09-2005: Egger Launches Bond Issue of 150 Millions EUR (Austria)

       29-09-2005: More Furniture to Export from China

       29-09-2005: Kronostar Started the Worlds´ Biggest MDF Press (Russia)

      28-09-2005: Spanish Furniture Exports up 2.9% in 2005

       28-09-2005: Pellets in USA

       27-09-2005: Russia to Stop Roundwood Exports

     27-09-2005: More Pellets for Heating in Sweden

       26-09-2005: Kronospan Jihlava (Czech Republic) OSB Doubles Capacity

       23-09-2005: Quarter of All Wood in Europe is Used for Palettes and Packages

       21-09-2005: The International Furniture Festival in India

       20-09-2005: Biggest Plywood Company in Japan Cuts Production

       19-09-2005: Log Supply Becomes Critical in Sarawak (Malaysia)

       16-09-2005: Forest Area in Europe Still Increasing

     16-09-2005: Ukraine Accepted Timber Export Regulation Law

     13-09-2005: The Second European Conference on Wood Modification

     13-09-2005: Serbian company Intedrvo to supply IKEA

       12-09-2005: UPM and Anaika Engineering to Start Co-operation (Finland)

       09-09-2005: New Zealand Timber an Unlikely Choice in US Rebuilding

       09-09-2005: Portuguese Furniture Exports Rose 15.7% in 2004

       07-09-2005: Lumber Stocks Rise post-Katrina (New York)

       05-09-2005: Preferences in US Wooden Furniture

       05-09-2005: Louisiana-Pacific switches production at a Texas plant to OSB panels (USA)

       02-09-2005: Prices for Lumber and Construction Panels Rise in Katrina’s Wake (USA)

       02-09-2005: Indonesia – Restriction of Sawnwood Export

       31-08-2005: IWF 2006 - Atlanta, USA

       31-08-2005: Wood product exports to Korea might increase

       31-08-2005: Stora Enso Timber will own 100% of Lamco GmbH (Austria)

       25-08-2005: Tariffs Reduced Shipments of Chinese Bedroom Furniture

       22-08-2005: New Prescriptions for Import of Wooden Packages to USA

       19-08-2005: US Leading Hardwood Exporter

       19-08-2005: Indonesia Loses Market Share in Europe

       15-08-2005: International Furniture and Design Objects, Thailand

     12-08-2005: Woodworking - 2005; Forest and Forest Products – Belarus

       12-08-2005: International Woodworking and Forestry Fair WOOD / FOREST 2005

       12-08-2005: The 9th International Trade Fair WOOD-TEC

       09-08-2005: The International Forestry Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia

       New Technologie - Mobile Kilns on Chemical Reaction Basis from Austrian Company AIR DRY GmbH

       11-05-2005: Attention to defrauders from company UTAH (Slovakia)!!!

       17-02-2005: Communicate with your Partner via Ie-WE Messaging System

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