The most notable trend in the supply of tropical sawn timber to the EU in 2016 was the rising dependence on imports from Cameroon. EU imports from Cameroon increased 19% to 395,000 m3 in 2016, growing particularly rapidly into Belgium but with robust increases also into Italy, France, Spain, the UK and the Netherlands. There was a significant increase in EU imports of sawn tropical wood from two other central African countries during 2016. Imports were up 22% to 117,000 m3 from Gabon and 13% to 62,000 m3 from ...
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