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EU tropical timber trade weakened before COVID lockdown

Having reached the highest level in more than a decade in October 2019, EU27+UK trade in tropical wood and [...]

June 2, 2020

Call for FLEGT measures to be extended and deepened

While there was broad support for the FLEGT process and the EUTR, there was also a call for the FLEGT [...]

May 25, 2020

EU organisations reaffirm their support for FLEGT and EUTR

Feedback received by the EC on their “fitness check” of the FLEGT and EUTR regulations indicates a high degree of [...]

May 21, 2020

Forest is a clear candidate for an EU economic stimulus program

In light of the European Commission’s expected announcement of which business ecosystems will be targeted by the European Recovery [...]

May 18, 2020

“Wood would become more important for the EU construction sector in the future”, says Commissioner Timmermans

“WOOD WOULD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE FUTURE” . This was stated by [...]

May 11, 2020

80% of EU and US timber importers from Vietnam canceled their orders

As much as 80 per cent of timber buyers from the U.S. and EU have delayed or cancelled their [...]

April 17, 2020

EU furniture sector particularly hard hit by pandemic

It is far too early to assess the full impact of COVID-19 on EU furniture imports this year, but [...]

April 17, 2020

EU imports of tropical sawnwood rise 5% in 2019

EU imports of tropical sawnwood increased 5% to 753,000 tonnes in 2019 while import value declined slightly, by 0 [...]

March 18, 2020

Second consecutive year of growth in EU tropical timber imports

Despite a downturn in the last six months of 2019, EU imports of tropical wood products last year were greater [...]

March 17, 2020

Recovery in EU wood imports continues in 2019

Recovery in EU wood imports continues in 2019 The total value of EU28 imports of wood products was 20.51 [...]

March 6, 2020

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