The Timber Trade Federation has issued its Monthly Statistical Bulletin for April 2018. The stats show that volumes of imported timber and panel products in the first month of 2018 were lower than in January 2017 by around 68,000m3. It should be noted however that January 2017 was the best January by volume for over 10 years.  The 16% fall in volume of solid wood was somewhat offset by an 8% uplift in panel products, resulting in the overall decline of 7.3% for the month. The April Stats Bulletin also features a Focus on the 2017 ...