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IMM trade survey reveals significant COVID impacts on trade
Full order books, rising prices, limited availability, and serious freight issues 2021 was an unusual year for the European timber trade, according to IMM survey respondents. Demand for timber and timber products, which had recovered quickly from the initial shock of...
IMM trade survey reveals significant COVID impacts on trade
Full order books, rising prices, limited availability, and serious freight issues 2021 was an unusual year for the European timber trade, according to IMM survey respondents. Demand for timber and timber products, which had recovered quickly from the initial shock of...
Statistical summary of EU VPA Partner Country trade
Charts 1 to 6 below provide a statistical summary of EU tropical timber imports between January...
Les partenaires de l’APV FLEGT dans le commerce du bois de l’UE en 2017 – Résumé en français
Le SIM a publié un rapport sur «Les partenaires de l’APV FLEGT dans le commerce du bois de...
New website informs on benefits of FLEGT-licensed timber products
Contribution from the EU FLEGT Facility: A new website developed by the EU FLEGT...
UK TTF FLEGT exhibition nets environmental award
Timber Transformer, the exhibition on Indonesia’s journey through its FLEGT VPA process mounted by...
EU importers comment on the first two years of FLEGT licensing
Three leading European importing companies comment on their experience of purchasing FLEGT...
EU imports of tropical timber rising, mainly from non-VPA countries
After a dip in 2017, EU imports of tropical wood products have recovered ground in 2018. Most of...
EU-Indonesia trade to September 2018
The EU imported 420,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wood products from Indonesia in the year ending...
Statistical summary of EU tropical wood trade
A series of charts summarising EU tropical timber imports between January 2015 and September...
FLEGT in EU customers’ purchasing decisions
Discussion themes in workshop 2 covered the range of factors that play a part in any tropical...
Risks and opportunities – drivers of the EU tropical timber market
The main section of the IMM Berlin Trade Consultation opened with a workshop on trends in EU...
FLEGT feedback in focus at Berlin IMM Consultation
IMM’s role is to use a combination of trade flow analysis and market research to track...
FLEGT VPA Partners in EU Timber Trade 2017
IMM has released a report on “FLEGT VPA Partners in EU Timber Trade 2017” which uses the latest...
Vietnam’s rising significance as a wood processing hub
Vietnam’s role as a wood processing hub continued to rise during 2017. Vietnam is increasingly...
EU imports of FLEGT licensed timber stable while African VPA partners lose ground
In the last 2 years, the level of trade between VPA partners and the EU has varied widely...
IMM EU furniture study
With further support, development and communication FLEGT and FLEGT licensing can play a role in...
Lack of awareness = a key challenge for FLEGT-licensing
A workshop reviewing purchase dynamics for companies sourcing from Indonesia identified “lack...
FLEGT can be part of support strategy for EU tropical timber market
Among key factors in the decline in the European market for tropical timber identified...
Brand new backing for tropical timber
The new Fair&Precious promotion programme effectively encapsulates the work of the...
IMM and ATIBT will hold joint conference during Carrefour
The IMM programme’s Nantes Trade Consultation and a conference planned by ATIBT will now be held...
IMM Summer 2018 Newsletter
IMM Summer Newsletter The IMM Summer 2018 Newsletter is available for download here. The...
IMM Spring 2018 Newsletter
IMM Spring 2018 newsletter now online The IMM programme has published its second newsletter, which...