Search Results: 'WTO'

UK Government applies 35% additional import tariffs on Russian wood products
28 March, 2022
The UK government has added a 35% additional import tariff on Russian and Belarusian wood products.

Combilift Confidence
30 April, 2021
Combilift has survived and thrived during the pandemic thanks, in part, to the rise in ecommerce. Sally Spencer reports

Politics start to dominate
25 September, 2018
Currently stable, the UK plywood market remains positive but there are challenges looming. Meanwhile OSB continues to take market share. TTJ contributor Andy Tunnicliffe speaks to key market players

Room for growth
31 January, 2018
Gareth Russell, commercial manager of Associated British Ports and trade sector specialist in timber, gives an update on ABP’s timber handling and looks at the issue of Brexit

Ireland prepares for Brexit impact
21 April, 2017
Exports to the UK continue unabated but Ireland’s timber trade is keeping a watchful eye on Brexit negotiations. Sally Spencer reports

Global softwood trade to record 14% growth in 2016
19 December, 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, global trade of softwood lumber for the year is forecast to have increased by almost 14%, according to Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ).

Balancing Act
21 September, 2015
Norvik Timber Industries CEO Sampsa Auvinen was recently appointed president of the European Organisation of the Sawmilling Industry (EOS). Here Mr Auvinen charts recent market developments in the sector and looks at prospects ahead

Carcassing and fencing demand keeps trade busy
05 April, 2014
As UK demand improves it is becoming apparent how much volume has shifted to other markets during the economic downturn

“Steady as you go” for Asian traders
19 October, 2013
There’s been little change in the prices or volumes of Asian timber for months, and the trend is expected to remain flat for the rest of the year

EU publishes Russian softwood log duty quotas
29 June, 2012
The EU has published export tariff quotas for Russian logs in advance of Russia joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Domestic demand spurs Russian production
31 March, 2012
Investments in recent years have beefed up Russia’s sawn timber and panels production but once the log tariff is reduced the industry’s modernisation may well slow

Russia preparing to lower log export taxes
21 February, 2012

Some eastern promise for European softwoods
10 December, 2011
With importers buying hand-to-mouth, sawmills are seeking to reduce inventories bit-by-bit. Markets in both the Middle East and Asia look set to expand next year, and Russian log supplies may be back on stream

Canada’s timber industry awaits US recovery
17 September, 2011
Canadian producers have turned to other export markets while the US economy suffers, but its neighbour’s return to health is eagerly awaited

European wood sector in competitive danger
28 May, 2011
Competition for logs and transport costs are putting competitive pressures on European producers, says Jean-Francois Gilbert, managing director of French Timber

European wood sector in competitive danger
28 May, 2011
Competition for logs and transport costs are putting competitive pressures on European producers, says Jean-Francois Gilbert, managing director of French Timber

Regulation role model
14 May, 2011
The EU Timber Regulation means the wood industry is again leading the way in developing responsible procurement practices. Rupert Oliver, of Forest Industries Intelligence, reports

Russian export duty freeze implemented
07 January, 2011

Finland welcomes EU agreement on Russian log export duties
25 November, 2010

Russia signals compromise on log export duties
19 November, 2010