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While uncertainty surrounding Brexit may be casting a shadow over the UK market the wider EU hardwood sector reports generally steady, in some cases strong, trading in to date including in tropical timber. This is despite some slowdown in economic activity and increased downside concerns about the medium-term outlook. Businesses report some issues with supply, but overall consumption is said to be holding up, while hardwood prices are steady to firm.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There have been interesting developments in hardwood promotion. New moves in marketing and communication have come from the Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC), the International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT), the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), FSC and the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF).<\/span><\/p>\n

The EU FLEGT Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has also continued its series of EU trade consultations on FLEGT, with the latest taking place in Antwerp and the next scheduled for Barcelona.<\/p>\n

According to the summer 2019 economic overview from the European Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFin), growth in the euro area in first four months exceeded expectations. This was attributed to resilience in domestic demand, UK stockpiling ahead of the originally anticipated Brexit date at the end of March, a mild winter underpinning consumption and recovery in automotive sales.<\/p>\n

At the same time, ECFin identified some negative market factors. EU export activity remained subdued, which it attributed to international trade tensions, notably between the US and China, undermining confidence in an already weakening global economy.<\/p>\n

Prospects for the rest of the year, it said, depended on the resilience of the service sector, given that manufacturing has entered a \u2018soft patch\u2019, continued growth in central and eastern Europe and the extent this can offset industrial slowdown in Germany and Italy, and the impact of still rising wages on inflation.<\/p>\n

The labour market remains a \u2018bright spot\u2019 but, said ECFin, it was threatened by the protracted weakness in manufacturing and external demand.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter, it predicted the \u2018positive\u2019 impulse experienced in the first would unwind as the \u2018global manufacturing cycle has yet to bottom out\u2019, while the outlook for trade and investment continued to be \u2018clouded by protectionism and uncertainty\u2019.<\/p>\n

Weakness in manufacturing and external demand could also dampen jobs growth. Overall, ECFin forecast EU economic growth for 2019 at 1.4%, against 1.9% in 2018, with the predicted rebound later in the year now likely to be weaker.<\/p>\n

Continued slowdown in the Chinese economy remained a downside concern, and the prospect of a \u2018no-deal\u2019 Brexit was described as a \u2018major source of risk\u2019. That said, however underpinned by some strong fundamentals, such as low interest rates, low unemployment and inflation forecasts revised down to 1.3% for each of the next two years, EU growth is predicted to firm once more in 2020 to 1.6%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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