According to an examination by the European Court of Auditors (the Court) published in October, the EU FLEGT action plan to tackle the problem of illegal logging is not sufficiently well managed, designed and targeted.
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EU imports of tropical timber products increased sharply between September 2014 and April 2015 but slowed again in the four months to end September 2015 (Chart 1). Nevertheless, the value of EU imports of tropical timber across all product groups in the first 9 months of 2015 was, at €1.703 billion, 16% greater than the same period the previous year. So far EU imports of tropical timber in 2015 have been close to levels last seen in 2012.
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