Times are good for oak tree growers in France. Exports of oak logs have soared and so have prices, largely because of demand from China. Beijing banned commercial timber harvests last year and Chinese millennials have developed a taste for high-quality wooden floors and furniture from Europe. But boom for France’s exporters could mean bust for some of the country’s 550 sawmills. French oak producers have traditionally sold oak logs to the mills, which then cut them into lumber for making products ranging from floors and furniture to coffins and wine barrels. But now, private forest owners have started selling logs directly to Chinese buyers because they are ready to pay higher prices and do the processing themselves. This has left many French […]