Demand for wood furniture in the EU is rising slowly but the signs are not very positive for external suppliers into the region, particularly from the tropics.
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The EU renewed anti-dumping duties on imports of okoumé plywood manufactured in China on 7th April. These duties were originally introduced by the EU in 2004 and would have lapsed after only five years had not an interested party requested the European Commission (EC) to initiate an expiry review. In 2009, the European Panel Federation (EPF) requested a review which led the EU to extend the duties for another 5 years from January 2011. Near the end of that period, in October 2015, the EPF once again requested that the EC initiate an expiry review. This new investigation led to the announcement of another 5-year extension from April 2017.
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