Vietnam’s wood products to expand on the EU market due to free trade deal
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) last week signed a landmark free trade deal that will slash tariffs on almost [...]
July 4, 2019
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EU softwood logs exports to China double this year
The total European softwood logs deliveries to China have went significantly up during the first quarter of the year, due [...]
July 1, 2019
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Recovery in EU softwood lumber deliveries to China, as Germany compensates sharp drop in Nordic exports
After a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered in the [...]
June 24, 2019
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EU asks for arbitration with Ukraine on wood export ban
The EU requested the establishment of an arbitration panel under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on Ukraine’s export ban [...]
June 24, 2019
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European log supply and lumber quality affected by bark beetle outbreaks and wildfires
On 18 June 2019, EOS, together with its Member, Fachverband der Holzindustrie Österreichs, hosted the EOS General Assembly and [...]
June 24, 2019
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Europe’s “zero deforestation” policies: an opportunity for tropical timber?
Increasingly the twin concepts of “zero deforestation” and “embodied deforestation” lie at the heart of European policy making, both in [...]
June 17, 2019
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European softwood lumber to the USA nearly double in Q1/2019
European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise in the [...]
June 5, 2019
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EU tropical wood trade strong in the first quarter of 2019
The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first quarter this year compared to the [...]
June 3, 2019
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EU tropical timber imports rising since mid-2018
Total value of tropical wood imports into the EU increased slightly in 2018, although at a slower rate than imports [...]
May 17, 2019
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EU and Vietnam ratify VPA on FLEGT
EU FLEGT informed that the EU and Vietnam had ratified a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance [...]
May 10, 2019
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