EU Commission climate plan to limit growth in forestry and biomass sector
While recognising the positive role of forests in mitigating global warming, the European Commission has riled the agroforestry and biomass [...]
October 1, 2020
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EU carbon market set to include shipping
Given that wood exports are impacted by ocean freight rates the following news may have an [...]
September 24, 2020
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Impact of COVID-19 on the EU tropical wood market
The impact of COVID-19 on imports of tropical wood and wood furniture on individual EU27 [...]
September 16, 2020
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Covid-19 downturn in EU tropical wood imports, less severe than forecast
The downturn in EU imports of wood and wood furniture products during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
September 9, 2020
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Forest industry to benefit from the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement
The EU is one of the top 5 markets for wood and wood products (W& [...]
August 30, 2020
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Wood furniture production in EU sliding even before pandemic
Newly released Eurostat data indicates that the value of EU27+UK wood furniture production was €42.5 billion in 2019 [...]
August 28, 2020
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EU-Vietnam free trade agreement enters into force; wood industry to benefit
EU exports to Vietnam are taxed less as of 1 August. This is the immediate effect [...]
August 20, 2020
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EU pellet market unaffected by COVID-19
The European Union’s wood pellet market has been relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic but cautions further market [...]
August 12, 2020
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Weak COVID-19 signs in EU tropical timber import data
EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) tropical timber product imports continued to defy expectations of COVID-19 driven collapse in [...]
July 28, 2020
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No pandemic impact in March EU tropical timber trade data
The lack of any strong COVID signal in the tropical timber trade data to the end [...]
June 17, 2020
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