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Modest Growth Forecast For European Wood Market. ITTO European Market Report 30th September 2023

Wood in a forest

 

Economic growth in Europe has slowed dramatically in Europe this year and the downturn is likely to persist. European hardwood production has fallen under pressure from both declining volume and quality of log supply and with weak consumption in the European construction and furniture sectors. European wood panels production and consumption is also down compared to the period during and immediately following the COVID lockdowns. However, in this sector, performance is still up compared to the pre-COVID period, having received a boost from green policy measures in the region. Longer term, the future direction of supply and demand in the European region is likely to be strongly influenced by introduction of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), due to be enforced from start of 2025.

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EU renews Anti-Dumping Measures Against Chinese Okoumé Plywood. ITTO European Market Report 15th August 2023

Great wall of China

The EU renewed the anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of okoumé plywood manufactured in China on 13 June 2023. 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. Since then, the European Panel Federation (EPF) has requested that the EC review the duties every five years, most recently in December 2021. On each occasion this has led to the announcement of another 5-year extension. The request for review was based on the grounds that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in recurrence of dumping and injury to the EU industry.

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EU Council And Parliament Strike Provisional Deal On Deforestation-Free Products Regulation. ITTO European Market Report December 2022

Deforestation in tropical forest

On 6 December, the European Council and the European Parliament agreed on the text of a regulation to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products that are imported into or exported from the European Union. The agreement is provisional pending formal adoption in both institutions.

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UK Tropical Wood Product Imports Fall Sharply In July And August. ITTO European Market Report 31st October 2022

Tropical timber imports

The import value of tropical wood and wood furniture into the UK in the opening eight months of this year was USD1.06B, 21% more than the same period last year. Following the strongest start to the year in terms of UK import value since before the 2008 financial crises, imports fell sharply during July and August (Chart 1).

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EU27 Tropical Wood Imports Come Off The Boil As Recession Fears Mount. ITTO Market Report 15th October 2022

Recession fears hit EU tropical timber imports

The most recent EU27 trade data to end July this year shows that imports of tropical wood and wood furniture products were still at historically high levels in the early summer months this year. However, imports were slowing from the peak reached in May. Now, as Europe moves into the winter months there are ominous signs of recession ahead, particularly as the war in Ukraine is contributing to huge increases in energy prices and business and consumer confidence is being hit by expectations of higher interest rates to control inflation.

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UK Hardwood Imports Slow Dramatically As Recession Looms. ITTO Market Report 30th Sept 2022

UK imports of hardwood products were rising strongly both in volume and value terms during the second half of 2021 and first half of this year as importers were building stocks on a rising market. However, in the third quarter this year the market has changed dramatically as import prices have fallen and UK importers are sitting on a lot of wood bought earlier at higher prices. This has occurred just at a time when consumption has weakened as the UK heads into recession and the GBP has fallen to the weakest ever level against the USD and is also declining against the EUR.

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Post-Pandemic Revival In EU Joinery Manufacturing During 2021. ITTO Market Report 15th Sept 2022

Post-Pandemic Revival In EU Joinery Manufacturing

After the dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the performance of the EU27 wood joinery sector was transformed in 2021. The main long-term trends in previous years were a continuous increase in joinery production in Germany offsetting a large decline in Italy and wood’s loss of share to other materials – particularly plastics – in windows and doors manufacturing. However, 2021 saw a sharp revival in wood joinery activity across the continent. Following three years of stagnation, production value of wood joinery and related products in the EU27 increased 16% to €38.22 billion in 2021. Last year, in value terms, total wood joinery activity across the EU27 was at the highest since before the 2008 financial crises (Chart 1).

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EU27 Tropical Wood Import Value At Highest Level Since Financial Crisis. ITTO Market Report 31st August 2022

EU27 Tropical Wood Import Value At Highest Level Since Financial Crisis

Between April and June this year, EU27 import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products was, in dollar terms, at the highest quarterly level since at least before the 2007-2008 financial crisis (Chart 1). Imports of USD1.27B during the second quarter of 2022 were 11% more than the previous quarter and 25% more than the same quarter the previous year.

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Value Of UK Tropical Wood Product Imports Up 34%. ITTO Market Report 15th August 2022

Value Of UK Tropical Wood Product Imports Up 34%.

The import value of tropical wood and wood furniture into the UK in the opening five months of this year was USD711 million, 34% more than the same period last year. In fact, this was by far the strongest start to the year in terms of UK import value of tropical wood and wood furniture products since at least before the 2008 financial crises (Chart 1). It compares to an average import value of less than USD500 million for the January to May period throughout the whole decade prior to the onset of the pandemic in 2020.

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