UK tropical and other timber importers were urged to evaluate the impacts for their businesses of a no-deal Brexit and prepare accordingly at October’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) exhibition.  At the UKCW, the biggest UK building industry show, the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the country’s EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT Competent Authority, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), teamed up to present on the implications of Brexit for importers’ responsibilities under the EU Timber Regulation, or the UK Timber Regulation (UKTR) as it will be known after the country ...