Russia will ban the export of softwood or rough processed wood from 2022 On September 30, Putin announced that Russia would ban the export of coniferous logs and precious hardwood timber from 2022. In an interview with Russian business daily, industry insiders said that this will help increase the quantity …
Read More »HOW TO CHOOSE A STRUCTURAL SAWN TIMBER
HOW TO CHOOSE A STRUCTURAL SAWN TIMBER https://www.abcdepot.co.uk/blog/post/how-to-choose-a-structural-sawn-timber.html When you are choosing structural sawn timber for your building project there are several important questions to ask yourself. Type of Timber CLS Timber – “Canadian Lumber Size” or CLS is finished on all sides giving a smaller cross-section than traditional sawn timber. …
Read More »Colour Sorting in Hardwood Lumber
Colour Sorting in Hardwood Lumber Although colour is not considered when grading lumber, some mills will sort for colour to meet specific end user requirements. Sorting for colour in hardwood lumber starts with separating sapwood from heartwood and finishes with checking for colour consistency. Sapwood: The living portion of the …
Read More »Okoume of Gabon and Classification Of OKOUME
Okoume Of Gabon Aucoumea klaineana (angouma, gaboon, or okoumé) is a tree in the family Burseraceae, native to equatorial west Africa in Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and Rio Muni. It is a medium-sized hardwood tree growing to 30–40 m tall, rarely larger, with a trunk 1-2.5 m diameter …
Read More »Hardwood Lumber Grade Descriptions
Hardwood Lumber Grade Descriptions FAS/SEL – Per rules will be a minimum of 83% clear. However, our imported hardwoods are close to being all clear. Widths will be 6″ and wider, allowing a small percentage of 4″ and 5″. Lengths are 8′ and longer. FAS/SEL 6′ and 7′ Only – Widths are …
Read More »Guangxi Pingxiang Redwood industry takes the “express” of the free trade zone to a higher level
Guangxi Pingxiang Redwood industry takes the “express” of the free trade zone to a higher level In the annatto city of Pingxiang City, a set of annatto sofa was still refused to be sold by the annatto city even though more than 60 million yuan was offered by merchants five …
Read More »From January 1, 2020, Russia will ban the export of coniferous commercial timber!
From January 1, 2020, Russia will ban the export of coniferous commercial timber! The revised contents of the forest law of the Russian Federation are as follows: As of December 31, 2030, coniferous forest cutting can only be used for processing in the Russian Federation or for the use of …
Read More »Wood price reduction in southern Jiangsu market
Wood price reduction in southern Jiangsu market Since the decline of timber prices in the northern region, the whole environment has been in trouble, and the timber distribution enterprises have no inventory. For example, the price reduction of domino effect has hit the market in southern Jiangsu. All the way …
Read More »Taking the time axis as the main line, talk about the development course of China’s sawn timber import
Taking the time axis as the main line, talk about the development course of China’s sawn timber import Driven by the development of real estate, interior decoration, wood furniture market and wood processing in China, the demand for sawn timber has increased substantially, while the supply of sawn timber in …
Read More »LUMBER ABBREVIATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS: AD = Air Dried, KD = Kiln Dried, RGH = Rough, S2S = Surfaced 2-Sides, S4S = Surfaced 4-Sides
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