German Trade Shows Highlight Intensity of Competition – ITTO European Market Report 31st January 2017

The European trade show season is now well underway, starting in Germany during January with the Domotex flooring show in Hanover and the IMM furniture show in Cologne. The shows provide good insights into European wood market prospects in the year ahead.

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Slowing Pace of EU Tropical Timber Imports – ITTO European Market Report 15th January 2017

Latest trade data shows that the rising trend in EU import value of tropical wood products that began in the second half of 2014 levelled off in 2016. The stability in the euro value of tropical wood imports in the second half of 2016 may hide a slight fall in the volume of imports as European currencies weakened on foreign exchange markets during that period (which implies a rise in import prices).

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