EU climate plan to limit growth in forestry, biomass sector
While recognising the positive role of forests in mitigating global warming, the European Commission has riled the agroforestry and biomass [...]
September 25, 2020
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EUTR and FLEGT are causing market shifts
The European timber trade regulation EUTR and the FLEGT agreement concluded with Indonesia are causing market shifts to a certain [...]
September 24, 2020
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EU carbon market set to include shipping
Given that wood exports are impacted by ocean freight rates the following news may have an affect on these in [...]
September 16, 2020
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Impact of COVID-19 on the EU tropical wood market varies across member states
The impact of COVID-19 on imports of tropical wood and wood furniture on individual EU27 countries has varied widely [...]
September 8, 2020
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Covid-19 downturn in EU27 tropical imports may be less severe than forecast
The downturn in EU imports of wood and wood furniture products during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
September 2, 2020
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Implications for the forest industry of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement
The EU is one of the top 5 markets for wood and wood products (W&WP) exported from Vietnam [...]
August 18, 2020
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EU wood furniture production sliding even before pandemic
Newly released Eurostat data indicates that the value of EU27+UK wood furniture production was €42.5 billion in 2019 [...]
August 17, 2020
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EU-Vietnam trade agreement enters into force; wood industry to benefit
EU exports to Vietnam are taxed less as of 1 August. This is the immediate effect of the entry into [...]
August 4, 2020
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EU pellet market unaffected by COVID-19, but could be limited by sustainability requirements
The European Union’s wood pellet market has been relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic but cautions further market [...]
July 27, 2020
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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
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