Russian wood pellets might enter EU via Turkey, avoiding ban

There is mounting evidence that Russian wood pellet exporters could be circumnavigating an EU-wide embargo on biomass imports from the country by exporting via Turkey. While exports of Russian pellets to Europe – including Denmark, Belgium, Italy and the UK – have ground to a halt since the embargo was enacted in April last year amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine, shipments to Turkey surged, data showed. According to Russian media, deliveries to Turkey from Russia only began in July 2022 but by the end of the year they reached a total volume of 200,000 tonnes. However it ...