FLEGT sustainability credentials and procurement pull-through focus of IMM Trade Consultation
IMM Trade Analyst Rupert Oliver summarised recent development of the wider tropical timber trade, looking particularly at the diminishing role of Europe as a market player. While global tropical timber sales had fluctuated in the last 15 years, the underlying trend had been upwards, he said.FLEGT, 30 May 2019
Europe, Timber, EU Timber Regulation Furniture News reports: Will we ever stop illegal timber imports?
It has been six years since the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) came into effect, prohibiting the placing of illegally harvested timber in the European market.Furniture News , 30 May 2019
Europe, Timber, EU Timber Regulation VPA / FLEGT comes into force: Timber to the EU is unlikely to be an immediate breakthrough
VCN - Officially coming into effect on June 1, 2019, the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forestry Law Enforcement, Forest Governance and Trade in Forest Products between Vietnam and the EU (VPA / FLEGT) does not immediately create a breakthrough for the export of timber and timber products, but in the long term, it will open many opportunities for this group of products into the EU market.Customs News , 29 May 2019
Europe, Timber, EU Timber Regulation Flawed timber scheme hits Indonesian forests
Some 422 containers of illegal timber has been seized this year, most of it from Papua and the Malukus; the cases show that the certification scheme for exports to the EU isn’t working.Asia Times , 19 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, EU Timber Regulation VPA / FLEGT comes into force: Timber to the EU is unlikely to be an immediate breakthrough
VCN - Officially coming into effect on June 1, 2019, the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forestry Law Enforcement, Forest Governance and Trade in Forest Products between Vietnam and the EU (VPA / FLEGT) does not immediately create a breakthrough for the export of timber and timber products, but in the long term, it will open many opportunities for this group of products into the EU market.Customs News , 29 September 2018
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