The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several market statements by national governments in the UNECE region (which includes the sub-regions of Europe, North America and the CIS), in advance of their 76th session to be held in Vancouver on 5-9 November.  COFFI report that total consumption of sawn hardwood in Europe fell by 3.8% in 2017, to 12.6 million cu.m, due primarily to a 6% fall in consumption in Turkey, the subregion’s largest national market for sawn hardwood. This ...