EU and Vietnam ratified VPA-FLEGT
EU FLEGT informed that the EU and Vietnam had ratified a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on [...]
May 20, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Changing trends in Eastern European wood imports
While there was some increase in imports by a few western European countries in 2018, eastern EU countries recorded much [...]
March 15, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Wood pellets in danger of losing classification as renewable energy, following lawsuit against EU
A group of plaintiffs from Estonia, France, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and the US are filing a lawsuit against the [...]
March 14, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
UK’s share of total EU imports of timber products falling
There are significant shifts on-going in destinations for EU imports of timber products. After emerging [...]
March 14, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Europe
EU imports of wood products rise by 5.1% in 2018
The total value of EU imports of wood products was 19.44 billion euro in 2018, 5.1% more than [...]
March 12, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Brexit shakes the EU plywood market
The destabilising effect of Brexit for the UK and Europe more widely is expected to grow [...]
March 11, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
EU plywood importers face the risk of oversupply
EU plywood importers report that in the latter part of the year, the plywood market started to turn around and [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
The European plywood industry under pressure
It’s been a roller coaster 12 months for the European plywood industry according to stockholder [...]
February 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
EU calls for wood export ban consultations with Ukraine
The EU has formally requested consultations with Ukraine under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on Ukraine's export ban on [...]
February 18, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Outlook of the Brexit impact on the European hardwood trade
The 29th March, the date scheduled for the UK’s departure from the EU, is now fast approaching. But there [...]
February 12, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe