An important Oak consultation has just started: “A call for evidence on controlling oak and sweet chestnut timber imports to prevent the introduction of oak lace bug into Great Britain (Corythucha arcuata).” The purpose of this call for evidence is to seek information from importers of oak...
Due to internal production limitations, the EU sets a duty-free quota every year for coniferous plywood imports. The quota is set at 650,000 m3. As of 1 April 2019, the remaining EU Coniferous Plywood Quota balance stands at 23,434 m3. The quota is at a point where duty will...
Timber buyers can now visit a new webpage to learn about the business benefits of trading in FLEGT-licensed timber and the social, environmental and economic benefits that such trade brings to producer countries. The EU FLEGT Facility created the page — www.timberbuyers.flegtlicence.org — to inform traders, specifiers, architects and retailers,...
This blog post is by TTF Managing Director David Hopkins So, here it is. After two years of puffed up posturing and inflated rhetoric we finally have sight of the outline Brexit withdrawal deal that Theresa May has managed to agree with the EU. At first sight...
This feature is by TTF Managing Director David Hopkins Last week, the Government finally published a series of papers offering guidance to allow business to make preparations in the unlikely event of a “no deal” Brexit. So far, 25 papers have been released. The full context of these...
[Last update: 13th July 2018] On 20th June 2018, Brussels hosted the Myanmar multi-stakeholder dialogue with the EC at the FLEGT/EUTR Expert Group. The main purpose of the delegation’s visit was to present to the EC a draft dossier describing the current controls in place for Teak supply...
The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) has released its Summer 2018 Newsletter. This includes an upbeat outlook for most of the EU timber trade from ETTF member federations, plus news of a just-launched timber construction conference in Denmark, the European oak conference, the positive impact of tourist developments...
