Tag: import

The USA is becoming the biggest importer of Russian OSB

Based on April 2021 performance, OSB export from Russia to the USA reached unprecedented volumes – 9,568 m³ by volume and $4.53 million by value. As a result, the US share in the export structure of Russian OSB...

In 2020, China reduced imports of sawnwood by 11%

According to data from China’s Customs, 2020 sawnwood imports totalled 33.86 million m³ valued at $7.68 billion, a year on year decrease of 11% both in volume and in value. Of total sawnwood imports, sawn softwood imports fell...

Chinese hardwood log imports fell 17% in 2020

Chinese hardwood log imports in 2020 fell 17% to 12.64 million m³ (21% of the national total log imports). The average price for imported hardwood logs in 2020 was $232/m³ (CIF), down 6% on 2019.

Ukraine extends the duty on the import of fiberboards from Russia

Ukraine will revise the 31.58% anti-dumping duty on the import of wet-process hard fiberboards from Russia due to the expiration of the 5-year period of its application. The duty has been extended for the revision period initiated by...

EU27 tropical sawnwood imports fall 16%

In quantity terms, EU27 imports of tropical sawnwood declined 16% to 726,200 m³ in the first eleven months of 2020. Imports fell sharply from all major supply countries; down 18% from Cameroon to 257,700 m³, 13% from Brazil...

US hardwood plywood imports rose in 2020

Despite an 18% drop in December 2020, US imports of hardwood plywood ended 2020 up 6% in volume over the previous year. Imports from China were down 35% in 2020 while imports from Indonesia and Ecuador both increased...

US tropical sawnwood imports plunge in 2020

The volume of sawn tropical hardwood imported by the US fell by 34% in 2020 from 243,884 m³ in 2019 to 161,179 m³ in 2020. Imports rose 15% in December to 14,687 m³, the highest level since August,...

In January-November 2020, Russia reduced imports of furniture

In January-November 2020, the cost of furniture imports to Russia decreased by 5.2% YoY to 1.7 billion, according to the Federal Customs Service of Russia.

US wooden furniture imports surpass $2 billion in November 2020

Monthly US imports of wooden furniture surpassed $2 billion for the first time in November. Imports rose 4%, growing for the sixth straight month. Despite the record growth, year to November imports were down about 1% from last...

Tropical hardwood imports held steady in October 2020 in U.S.

Imports of sawn tropical hardwood rose only 2% in October as imports for 2020 continue to lag far below those of 2019, reports ITTO. The 13,491 m³ imported was more than 38% below the volume imported in October of...

US reduces antidumping duties on Canadian timber

The U.S. Department of Commerce reduced its penalties against imports of Canadian timber, primarily from B.C. producers, in the softwood timber dispute. An administrative review of countervailing and anti-dumping duties reduced the tariffs to an average of 9%...

EUTR to become UK domestic legislation starting January 1, 2021

The European Timber Regulation and Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) will no longer apply in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021. The European Timber Regulation (EUTR) and FLEGT will become UK domestic legislation as the...