EU aims to plant 3 billion trees
As part of a new strategy to protect nature in the European Union, three billion new [...]
July 22, 2021
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Europe
Leaked EU plan to green its timber industry sparks opposition
A European Union strategy to boost forest protection has turned a simmering scientific debate into a [...]
July 14, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
EU tropical wood product imports close to decade high
EU27 tropical wood product imports close to decade high in March EU27 import value of tropical wood and wood furniture [...]
June 7, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Global timber shortage puts UK supply chain under ‘enormous pressure’
Leading voices from the UK construction industry have warned of faltering availability and rapidly rising costs of basic materials such [...]
June 1, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
EU could sanction wood trade with Belarus
EU member states want to quickly introduce economic sanctions against Belarus for arrest of journalist Roman [...]
June 1, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
EU plywood companies report good profits, but supply a struggle
The good news from the majority of European hardwood plywood importers interviewed March 2021 was that [...]
April 7, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / Europe
EU wood product exporters struggle to respond to UK due diligence requests
One measure already enforced in the UK is the UK Timber Regulation which imposes legality due [...]
March 29, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
European imports of energy wood fall for the first time in 20 years
After nearly 20 years of almost continuous growth, the value of energy wood imported to the [...]
March 15, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe / North America / Russia
EU wood furniture imports down in 2020
EU wood furniture imports down 3% in 2020 Considering individual products, the dollar value of EU27+UK imports [...]
March 3, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / Europe
Sharp recovery in EU tropical wood product imports
Total EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products was US$2.75 [...]
February 22, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
