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EU tropical timber trade faces double dip recession

Total EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products was US$2.48 [...]

January 18, 2021

Phytosanitary controls extended to UK wood product imports from EU countries

A significant impact of the UK’s exit from the EU single market on 1st January is the requirement for [...]

January 4, 2021

Border checks on UK wood imports from EU will disrupt just-in-time trade

Until the end of this year, trucks can just roll into the UK from the European continent with no checks [...]

December 23, 2020

UK-EU timber products trade subject to due diligence

From 1st January, the EUTR will be replaced in the UK by the UK Timber Regulation (UKTR). The scope of [...]

December 21, 2020

Implications of UK post-Brexit Tariff Schedule on wood products

From 1st January the UK will implement a new “Global Tariff” regime which closely mirrors the existing EU tariff regime [...]

December 17, 2020

Major implications for timber trade as Brexit endgame nears

The long drawn-out process of the UK breaking ties with the EU, which started with the referendum of July [...]

December 16, 2020

Ukraine wood export ban found illegal in EU independent panel ruling

The final ruling of a dispute settlement panel set up under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement found that the Ukrainian [...]

December 14, 2020

Challenges for the EU wood market as many countries go back into lockdown

It remains to be seen whether the recovery in EU wood market will be sustained as there are [...]

November 5, 2020

EU27 tropical timber imports stronger than expected so far in 2020

Total EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products was US [...]

November 2, 2020

EU Parliament launches forest strategy

On October 7th, the EU Parliament launched the EU Forest Strategy from 2021 in a non-legislative resolution and thus [...]

October 16, 2020

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