EU27+UK tropical wood imports from non-VPA countries: slowing from Brazil and China but India continues to make gains
EU27+UK imports of tropical timber products from countries not engaged in the VPA process were making strong gains during 2018 and the first half of 2019, but in the case of Brazil and China, there was a significant slowdown in trade in the second half of 2019 which continued into the first quarter of 2020.