Demand for African tropical timber weakens in Europe
The impact of pandemic control measures have hit West African timber producers across the region hard, coming as it has [...]
June 25, 2020
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No pandemic impact in March tropical timber trade data
The lack of any strong COVID signal in the tropical timber trade data to the end of March is more [...]
June 5, 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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Global demand for African tropical timber decreasing
Millers in West Africa have provided some comments on shipping opportunities and market developments saying they have been told ports [...]
May 29, 2020
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Pandemic has disrupted timber supplies to the Netherlands
The Netherlands had a less strict lockdown than some of its neighbours and began its five-phase plan to ease [...]
May 26, 2020
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Survey – Impact of pandemic on Gabon’s timber sector
The Minister of Forests in Gabon has issued a letter with wide ranging advice and guidance for timber companies whom [...]
May 11, 2020
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Survey – Impact of pandemic on Ghana’s tropical timber sector
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures adopted to try and slow its spread are having a [...]
April 28, 2020
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Coronavirus: Current status of activity in the tropical timber market
As the coronavirus pandemic is expanding in many countries of the world, the tropical timber market has started to feel [...]
March 31, 2020
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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
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STTC Conference considers links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification
To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from the synergies between the [...]
December 10, 2019
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