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Áp lực kép từ thị trường châu Âu
Hai quy định xanh của EU đang hội tụ thành làn sóng áp lực lên các ngành sản xuất Việt Nam, đặc biệt với gỗ và nội thất, ngành có kim ngạch xuất khẩu sang EU trên 1,2 tỷ USD/năm. Chỉ thị bảo vệ người tiêu dùng: Đồng hồ đang đếm ngược Ngày 27/9/2026 là cột mốc mang tính bước ngoặt mà doanh nghiệp (DN) xuất khẩu sang EU không thể bỏ qua. Đây là thời hạn buộc các quốc gia thành viên Liên minh châu Âu (EU) nội luật hóa và chính thức áp dụng đầy đủ Chỉ thị (EU) 2024/825 – còn gọi
Jun 265 min read


Affordability Splits the US Housing Market as Renovation Spending Booms
Harvard's State of the Nation's Housing study shows single-family starts fell seven per cent in 2025 with consumer sentiment near record lows — whilst a 153 per cent decade-long surge in renovation spending hands timber suppliers their one clear offset. A new stick-built two-storey single-family home under construction in South Irving, Texas, the kind of timber-framed build that drove US single-family starts before they fell seven per cent in 2025. (Photo Credit: ID 113666609
Jun 263 min read


European Forestry Buyer Tops 19,000 Hectares With Fourth Hawke’s Bay Farm
Kauri Forestry's 360-hectare Omakere purchase has cleared the Overseas Investment Office, taking the Swiss German partnership's New Zealand holdings beyond 19,000 hectares as Federated Farmers warns whole-farm conversion is hollowing out rural Hawke's Bay. Rolling sheep and beef hill country in Central Hawke's Bay, the kind of farmland Kauri Forestry is converting to plantation pine. (Photo Credit: ID 191888645 © Andres Jacobi | Dreamstime.com) A Swiss and German family-owned
Jun 262 min read


US Lumber Hits Eight-Month High Despite Canada Duty Cut
US lumber futures pushed past US$630 per thousand board feet, the highest since October, even as Washington moved to cut the duties on Canadian softwood that have squeezed the market for years. Softwood lumber bound for the United States crosses toward the border in British Columbia, with US import taxes on most Canadian producers standing near 45 per cent until revised duties take effect in August. (Photo Credit: ID 51512937 © Modfos | Dreamstime.com) US lumber futures climb
Jun 92 min read


From forests to skyscrapers: timber use and value are getting higher
At a side event co-organized by the ITTO during the 21st session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru stressed the need to deliver a clear message that legal and sustainable harvesting is not deforestation. © Soomin Lee/ITTO From tropical forests to urban skylines, sustainable timber is increasingly being recognized not merely as a commodity, but as a strategic climate solution, an economic engine and a cornerstone of the circular bioe
May 204 min read


Sustainable Forestry:Our Commitment to the Future
Smallholder plantations are playing an increasingly important role in the supply of tropical timber, supporting rural livelihoods and restoring deforested and degraded landscapes. © ITTO Smallholder plantations are playing an increasingly important role in the supply of tropical timber, supporting rural livelihoods and restoring deforested and degraded landscapes. Across many developing countries, smallholders are key actors in planted forest systems, contributing broad soci
May 14 min read
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