UK imports
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October 13, 2016
No Brexit effects on UK softwood timber imports yet
United Kingdom' s softwood timber imports grew by 5% during January-July 2016, as compared to the same period last year. The UK imported 3,7 million m3 of softwood timber from thw world and most of them came from the European Union countries. The EU countries exported 3,4 million m3 to the UK, 6% more than in the mentioned period from 2015. Sweden was the top timber exporter for the UK, with a volume of 1,6 million m3. This represented a 8% increase over January-July 2016. UK's timber imports from Latvia grew too, by 17%, reaching 577,000 m3, while the imports from Finland remained slightly the same, at 490,000 m3. All in all, UK's softwood timber imports weren't affected by the Brexit yet. Forecasts concluded that the vote of the UK leaving the EU might affect these imports in the second half of the year, due to the exchange rate. A sharp slowdown in the imports might be... Continue reading
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March 29, 2022
UK to apply 35% additional import tariffs on Russian wood products
The UK government has added a 35% additional import tariff on Russian and Belarusian wood products. The Government has acted to deny access to the Most Favoured Nation tariff for hundreds of the two nations’ exports, depriving them key benefits of WTO membership. The initial list of goods impacted, which came into force on March 25, is worth £900m. Timber Development UK (TDUK) clarified to its members that the new tariff regime will impact all wood products currently paying duty such as Plywood or OSB but also all non-dutiable products such as logs, sawn wood and engineered wood products including glulam. “There is an exemption for Russian and Belarusian goods that have already left Russia and Belarus before the additional duties took effect on March 25,” said TDUK. “The goods must have completed Russian or Belarusian export formalities and left those territories... Continue reading
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November 18, 2016
UK switches to tropical hardwood plywood manufactured in China
Trends in overall EU imports of plywood are also partly dependent on shifting market conditions and preferences in different parts of the EU. The increase in EU imports of tropical hardwood faced plywood from China this year has been concentrated almost entirely in the UK with a smaller amount destined for the Netherlands. In recent years, of all EU importing countries, the UK has been most tempted by the low prices and relatively short transit times offered by Chinese plywood suppliers. UK importers have also... Continue reading