Caution: Plywood offers from Russia via Turkey or Asian transit

Some GWMI members have received offers of plywood whose origin could be Russia, and which transit through Turkey or certain Asian countries such as China or Kazakhstan. We remind you that, since July 2022, all products of Russian origin are prohibited from direct or indirect import into Europe, as well as products made from Russian wood. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1649 of 21.08.2023 concerns the opening of an anti-circumvention investigation into imports of birch plywood shipped from Turkey and Kazakhstan, likely to circumvent the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of plywood birch from Russia. The ...