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After two slow years during the global pandemic, EU27 imports of tropical sawnwood recovered ground in the first ten months of last year. Imports of 869,000 cubic metres between January and October last year were 24% higher than the same period in 2021 and 34% more than the same period in 2020.<\/p>\n
Sawnwood imports increased during the ten-month period last year from all the largest tropical suppliers to the EU27 including Cameroon (+23% to 306,400 cubic metres), Brazil (+47% to 148,700 cubic metres), Gabon (+18% to 133,600 cubic metres), Malaysia (+29% to 77,000 cubic metres), Congo (+20% to 65,600 cubic metres) and Ghana (+17% to 25,800 cubic metres).<\/p>\n
Of smaller sawnwood supply countries, there were large percentage increases in imports from DRC (+113% to 11,500 cubic metres), Suriname (+64% to 9,400 cubic metres), Indonesia (+46% to 9,000 cubic metres), Angola (+35% to 6,200 cubic metres), and CAR (+167% to 5,700 cubic metres). In contrast imports from C\u00f4te d'Ivoire fell 26% to 16,800 cubic metres and from Ecuador were down 17% to 25,800 cubic metres.<\/p>\n
Unlike sawnwood, EU27 imports of tropical mouldings\/decking were slow between January and October last year. Imports of 156,600 tonnes between January and October 2022 were just 1% more than the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n
Supply shortages contributed to falling imports from Indonesia, which declined 12% to 48,000 tonnes during the ten-month period. The fall in imports from Indonesia was offset by rising imports from Brazil (+2% to 60,800 tonnes) and Gabon (+72% to 12,400 tonnes).<\/p>\n
Of smaller suppliers, there were increases in imports from Bolivia (+36% to 7,000 tonnes) and Malaysia (+25% to 6,400 tonnes). Imports from Peru declined by 2% to 11,900 tonnes in the first ten months of last year after strongly rising the previous year.<\/p>\n
Between January and October 2022, the EU27 imported 98,100 cubic metres of tropical logs, 14% more than the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n
EU27 log imports increased from all three of the largest African supply countries in the first ten months of last year compared to the same period in 2021; Congo (+7% to 40,400 cubic metres), CAR (+31% to 20,100 cubic metres), and DRC (+56% to 11,200 cubic metres).<\/p>\n
In the first ten months of last year imports also increased sharply from negligible levels in 2021 from two South American countries, Paraguay (+101% to 2,900 cubic metres) and Guyana (+123% to 2,300 cubic metres).<\/p>\n
However, log imports were down 21% to 9,700 cubic metres from Cameroon and down 40% to 3,600 cubic metres from Liberia.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After two slow years during the global pandemic, EU27 imports of tropical sawnwood recovered ground in the first ten months of last year. Imports of 869,000 cubic metres between January and October last year were 24% higher than the same … Continue reading