{"id":76446,"date":"2018-09-24T10:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T10:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/european-tropical-imports-disappointing-year\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:49:02","slug":"european-tropical-imports-disappointing-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/european-tropical-imports-disappointing-year\/","title":{"rendered":"European tropical imports disappointing this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>EU imports of tropical wood products have been subdued so far in 2018 with little sign yet of any rebound from the downturn in 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EU-tropical-wood-imports-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17944 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EU-tropical-wood-imports-2-300x278.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EU-tropical-wood-imports-2-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EU-tropical-wood-imports-2.jpg 130w, https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EU-tropical-wood-imports-2.jpg 687w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>Chart 1 shows twelve monthly rolling total imports (to iron out seasonal fluctuations) into the EU of all tropical wood products listed in HS Chapter 44 (excluding fuelwood, wood waste and chips).<\/p>\n<p>It shows that imports peaked at an annualised level of 2.17 million metric tonnes (MT) in September 2016, slipped to a low of 1.94 million MT in March this year and had recovered only slightly, to 1.98 million MT by June.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the EU imported 1.06 million MT of tropical wood products in the first half of 2018, 1.6% more than the same period in 2017. The total value of EU imports of tropical wood products in the January to June 2018 period was \u20ac1.10 billion, 3% less than the same period in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Although there have been gains in EU imports of tropical sawnwood, charcoal, mouldings and joinery products this year, these have been offset by a large decline in imports of tropical veneers, flooring, and other tertiary products, and a more moderate decline in imports of tropical plywood.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU imports of tropical wood products have been subdued so far in 2018 with little sign yet of any rebound from the downturn in 2017. Chart 1 shows twelve monthly rolling total imports (to iron out seasonal fluctuations) into the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/european-tropical-imports-disappointing-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4716,4715],"tags":[3291,3248,3680],"class_list":["post-76446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-trends","category-market-analysis","tag-eu","tag-imports","tag-tropical","topic-forestry","topic-sawmilling","area-africa","area-asia-middle-east","area-europe","area-south-america"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>European tropical imports disappointing this year - Timber Industry News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/european-tropical-imports-disappointing-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European tropical imports disappointing this year - Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EU imports of tropical wood products have been subdued so far in 2018 with little sign yet of any rebound from the downturn in 2017. 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