Annual imports of wood raw materials from Russia and Ukraine used to be quite modest at around US$20 million, mainly sawnwood and plywood and accounted for less than 1% of the total imports from some 100 sources. However, imports of raw material from Russia increased sharply in 2018 and 2019….
Vietnam Administration of Forestry reports earnings of just over US$5 billion from wood product exports in the first half of 2020, up 2.4% year on year. In June alone export earnings topped US$900 million. Imports to Vietnam decreased by 8.5% compared to the first half of 2019. Their value reached…
At their December meeting, the EU Expert Group on EUTR and FLEGT, comprising representatives of the EC and government authorities from across the EU, reiterated their view that it is not possible to demonstrate a negligible risk that any timber from Myanmar is legally harvested in line with EUTR definitions….
