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Vietnam wood product exports grew in March
18 April, 2024
The value of Vietnam’s timber and wood products exports grew by 46% in March compared to the previous month but are lagging year ago rates, according to Vietnam’s Customs Office figures cited by the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s latest market bulletin.

New Brazil forest management standard to boost international trade
17 April, 2024
A new Brazilian forest management standard is billed as guaranteeing certification of the origin of products by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT), according to the International Tropical Organisation’s (ITTO) latest update.

Ghana wood product exports drop 16% in Q3
04 December, 2023
Ghana’s wood exports saw a 16% decrease in volumes terms in Q3, 2023, compared to the preceding quarter, according to Ghana Forestry Commission data shared by the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

UK tropical hardwood plywood imports from China grow in 2023
01 November, 2023
The UK imported 61,000m3 of tropical hardwood plywood from China in the first eight months of 2023, 57% more than the same period last year, according to the latest bulletin from the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

Tropical wood imports to Europe reduce in first five months of 2023
22 August, 2023
Tropical wood product imports to the EU27 have reduced to normal levels, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s (ITTO) latest bulletin.

Slide in Brazil exports of wood products
14 August, 2023
Brazilian exports of wood-based products slid 39% in June 2023 compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s (ITTO) latest bulletin.

Vietnam wood product exports rise 9% in first 11 months of 2022
16 December, 2022
Vietnamese exports of timber and wood products reached nearly US$14.6bn in the first 11 months of 2022 – equivalent to a 9% increase on a year ago – according to statistics shared in the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s (ITTO) latest market bulletin.

African mills feel the effects of reduced Chinese demand
16 December, 2022
African sawmill and plywood facility operators are encountering significant difficulties due to reduction in demand from the Chinese market, according to the latest bulletin from the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

Malaysia’s wood products trade and exports grow in Q1
23 June, 2022
Malaysia’s total trade in timber and wood products increased by 10% to RM8.64bn (2021 Q1: RM7.89bn) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s (ITTO) latest market report.

Sheam Satkuru appointed ITTO executive director
06 January, 2022
ITTO’s governing body, the International Tropical Timber Council, has appointed Sheam Satkuru by consensus as ITTO’s new executive director at its 57th session, which was held virtually from November 29 to December 3 2021. She won the position from among nearly 50 applicants.

Webinar examines tropical timber trade and FLEGT through pandemic
02 June, 2021
Tropical timber trade trends through the pandemic and the latest on FLEGT are topics of an Independent Market Monitor (IMM) webinar on June 24 at 10am CEST.

ITTO publishes impact analysis on tropical timber sector
05 May, 2020
The International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) has published its first analysis on the effects of Covid-19 on the global tropical timber sector.

Myanmar authorities ready to cooperate with investigation in Holland
17 February, 2020
Police in the Netherlands have seized a shipment of what is said to be Myanmar teak that was being transported from the Czech Republic. The police followed up with raids of several locations in Holland.

Development of super thick plywood in Japan
17 February, 2020
Tokyo based Seihoku Plywood is developing a plywood with a thickness of more than 50mm and it is applying to obtain Japanese Organic Regulation (JAS) certificate. This would allow Seihoku to participate in the new engineered wood market.

Brexit and EU wood product quotas
17 February, 2020
The Brazilian Association for Mechanically Processed Timber (ABIMCI) started a dialogue with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) to define the quota system for timber products exported by Brazil to the European Union and the United Kingdom.

Tropical timber losing share in German market
07 May, 2019
Tropical timber is losing market share in Germany despite the country’s growth in wood consumption, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s (ITTO) latest market report.

FLEGT Independent Market Monitoring project moves forward
19 April, 2017
The International Tropical Timber Organisation has relaunched the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Independent Market Monitoring programme effective April 1, 2017.

EU plywood imports rise to near record level
18 April, 2017
EU imports of plywood increased by 8% to 4.13 million m3 in 2016, the second highest level ever recorded, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s latest market report.

ITTO suspends project activities due to financial constraints
20 June, 2016
The International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) has temporarily suspended external meetings and project activities due to financial constraints after learning that its investments may have suffered.

Ghana timber export volumes rise 21%
28 January, 2015
Latest export statistics from Ghana show the country’s timber product shipments rose 21% in the first nine months of 2014, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation. (ITTO).