Impact of EUTR on EU trade in tropical timber products
A key question for the long-term future of the EU trade in tropical timber products is the impact of [...]
May 11, 2018
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Expanded sales of EU tropical wooden furniture but market share drops
There was plenty of tropical wood furniture to be found at the first two big European furniture exhibitions of 2018 [...]
April 25, 2018
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Embracing technological change boosts EU furniture sector productivity
Increasingly advanced computer-controlled and automated manufacturing has also benefited European producers, boosting their productivity, cutting overheads and reducing the [...]
April 24, 2018
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“Source locally” a key theme of European wooden furniture manufacturers
There seems to be a growing preference in the EU market to ‘source local’, particularly in the design and specifier [...]
April 19, 2018
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EU domestic furniture sector recovery and growth
The biggest shift in the EU furniture sector in recent years has come in the degree of market self-sufficiency [...]
April 18, 2018
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Sharp fall in EU imports of African sawnwood
The most notable trend in the supply of sawn hardwood to the EU in 2017 was the sharp fall in [...]
April 12, 2018
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Fall in EU tropical imports driven mainly by supply-side issues
In practice, the recent decline in tropical imports into the EU is better seen as a region-wide phenomenon driven [...]
April 11, 2018
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EU tropical sawn hardwood imports fall to all-time low
EU tropical sawn hardwood imports fall to all-time low The EU imported 2.04 million cu.m of sawn [...]
April 9, 2018
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EU plywood imports decreased by 7% during 2017
The total EU plywood imports in 2017 were down by 7%, to 2.159 million metric tonnes (MT). The decrease [...]
March 29, 2018
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EU associations push for higher plywood quality standards
Timber trade associations in two leading EU importing countries have recently been pushing forward plywood quality, performance and legality initiatives [...]
March 27, 2018
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