The recovery in UK import volume seen in the second half of 2020 continued in January 2021 with timber and panel imports 12% higher than in January 2020.  The volume of solid timber and panel products imported in January 2021 totalled 895,000m3, a 100,000m3 rise from January 2020’s total imports of 795,000m3.  When comparing January 2021 with January 2020 the statistics revealed that among the individual product categories:   Softwood import volumes rose by 22% (530,000m3).  Hardwood import volumes fell by 5.5% (38,000m3).  Softwood plywood import ...