EU tropical timber trade weakened before COVID lockdown
Having reached the highest level in more than a decade in October 2019, EU27+UK trade in tropical wood and [...]
June 15, 2020
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EU organisations to reaffirm their support for FLEGT and EUTR
Feedback received by the EC on their “fitness check” of the FLEGT and EUTR regulations indicates a high degree of [...]
June 1, 2020
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EU softwood lumber exports to China rise 30% in Q1/2020 despite pandemic
Despite the coronavirus pandemic which first hit China and than [...]
May 27, 2020
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Forest industry could benefit from EU economic stimulus program
In light of the European Commission’s expected announcement of which business ecosystems will be targeted [...]
May 26, 2020
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Would to become more important for the construction in the future, says EU official
“WOOD WOULD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE FUTURE” . This was stated by [...]
May 20, 2020
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Coronavirus: Most US and EU timber buyers from Vietnam cancel their orders
As much as 80 per cent of timber buyers from the U.S. and EU have [...]
April 23, 2020
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Pandemic to hit harder the EU furniture industry than the last financial crisis
It is far too early to assess the full impact of COVID-19 on EU furniture imports this year, but [...]
April 23, 2020
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EU parquet market severely hit by the coronavirus crisis
The European parquet markets had generally well started the year showing stable to slightly positive trends in January and February [...]
April 17, 2020
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Growth in EU tropical timber imports continues in 2019
Despite a downturn in the last six months of 2019, EU imports of tropical wood products last year were greater [...]
March 24, 2020
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STTC Conference to consider links between FLEGT licenses and forest certification
To rebuild share in the European market, the tropical wood sector must exploit emerging opportunities from [...]
December 20, 2019
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