North American wood pellets exports to the European Union countries grew sharply in 2018, as UK's hunger for pellets, supported by the conversion of its major coal-fueled power plants, is still supporting this growth. The United Kingdom is the top importer of US and Canadian wood pellets and its imports from the US increased by 14% during January-December 2018, amounting to 4.8 million tonnes. Imports from Canada grew at the same pace and reached 1.4 million tonnes. From the total of 7.9 million tonnes of pellets imported by the EU from North ...