Japan boosts imports of softwood lumber from Europe
EU's softwood lumber exports to Japan increased by 14% during 2016, as compared to the previous year. The exports [...]
April 28, 2017
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Recovery in EU tropical veneer imports continued during 2016
The upturn in EU imports of hardwood veneer which began in 2013 continued last year. The EU imported 542,000 [...]
April 20, 2017
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Rise in EU tropical hardwood plywood imports concentrated in the UK
Last year’s increase in EU imports of tropical hardwood faced plywood manufactured in China was heavily concentrated in the [...]
April 19, 2017
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EU plywood imports rise to near record levels
EU imports of plywood increased by 8% to 4.13 million cu.m in 2016, the second highest level ever [...]
April 18, 2017
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Liberia and the EU signed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement
The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between Liberia and the European Union (EU) was signed on April 7, 2017, through the [...]
April 11, 2017
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EU tropical sawn trade increasingly done through Belgium
On the demand side, the most notable trend in EU tropical sawn hardwood imports during 2016 was increasing concentration of [...]
April 10, 2017
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EU tropical sawn hardwood imports remain static in 2016
In 2016, EU imports of tropical sawn hardwood were 1.04 million m3, unchanged from the previous year. The value [...]
April 4, 2017
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EU importers warned on Myanmar teak
First Sweden then Denmark and now the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) have warned importers they could be in contravention [...]
April 4, 2017
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Rising dependence in EU on tropical sawnwood from Cameroon
The most notable trend in the supply of tropical sawn timber to the EU in 2016 was the rising dependence [...]
April 3, 2017
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Reasons for declining hardwood consumption in Europe
The downward hardwood consumption trend is partly due to falling availability on the supply side – with hardwood harvesting levels constrained [...]
March 17, 2017
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