{"id":81149,"date":"2021-09-06T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/highest-eu-tropical-wood-imports-since-2012\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:56:01","slug":"highest-eu-tropical-wood-imports-since-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/highest-eu-tropical-wood-imports-since-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Highest EU tropical wood imports since 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

EU27 imports of tropical wood and wooden furniture started this year slowly in January and February but surged to US$327 million in March and then again to US$353 million in April, the highest monthly import recorded since January 2012. Import value fell away only slightly to US$338 million in May and US$330 million in June<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The value of EU27 imports of most tropical wood products increased in the first six months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2021. For wooden furniture, joinery and flooring from tropical countries, imports were higher even than in 2019 before the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first 6 months of 2021, EU27 import value of wooden furniture from tropical countries was US$859 million, 39% and 26% higher than the same period in 2020 and 2019 respectively. For tropical joinery products, import value of US$105 in the first 6 months this year was 29% and 6% higher than the same period in 2020 and 2019 respectively.<\/p>\n

For tropical wood flooring, import value of US$33 million in the first 6 months this year was 15% higher than in 2020 and 5% higher than in 2019.<\/p>\n

EU27 imports of other tropical wood products in the first six months of 2021 were higher than the same period last year but still down on levels achieved in 2019.<\/p>\n