The following charts indicate which of "the selected countries" are likely to supply Denmark with the greatest quantity of each of the selected products. They implicitly suggest priorities for scrutiny by Competent Authorities and Monitoring Organisations.
Information about the trade in wood-based products of a number of those countries is available via the Home Page of this website
"The selected countries" comprise all countries other than Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the USA and all EU member states.
Timber sector products are defined in this and related documents as all products classified in the UN Harmonised System under the following headings: 4403 to 4421 inclusive, 940161, 940169, 94019030, 940330, 940340, 940350, 940360, and 94039030.
Paper sector products are defined in this and related documents as all products classified in the UN Harmonised System under the following headings: 44012, 44013, 4701 to 4705 inclusive, and 48.
The source on which statistics for the imports of EU member states is Eurostat. Estimates of roundwood equivalent ("RWE") volume have been derived from source data as indicated in http://www.globaltimber.org.uk/RWEvolume.htm
Imports
of Timber and Paper sector products
(2010, estimated roundwood equivalent ("RWE") volume)
Imports of Timber and Paper sector products (2010, import value)
Trend in imports of wood-based products from the selected countries (2000-2010)
Imports of specific wood-based
products from selected countries (2010):
All countries,
Timber Sector and Paper Sector (RWE volume)
China
and Russia account for most of the total from the selected countries.
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All
countries, Timber Sector and Paper Sector (import value)
China
accounts for a substantial proportion of the total in terms of import
value
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Trend
in imports of wood-based products from the selected countries (2000-2010)
Imports
from China tending to increase, particularly as mouldings & joinery,
wooden furniture and paper. China now the dominant supplier of mouldings
& joinery and wooden furniture. Subtantial quantities from Malaysia
and (declining) Indonesia. Negligible from direct tropical Africa.
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Imports
of logs from the selected countries
Very
small quantities.
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Imports
of sawn wood from the selected countries
Small
volumes but substantial import values, particularly from Brazil (non-coniferous)
and Ecuador.
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Imports
of veneer from the selected countries
Very
small volumes.
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Imports
of plywood from the selected countries
Primarily
from Russia, Chile and Brazil (coniferous).
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Imports
of other panels from the selected countries
Very
small quantities.
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Imports
of mouldings & joinery from the selected countries
Primarily
from China. Substantial quantities from other tropical countries.
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Imports
of wooden furniture from the selected countries
Predominantly
(and with large import value) from China.
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Imports
of other Timber Sector products from the selected countries
Primarily
from China.
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Imports
of wood chips & residues from the selected countries
Substantial
weight, particularly from Russia.
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Imports
of wood-based pulp from the selected countries
lnsignificant
quantities.
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Imports
of paper from the selected countries
Small
quantities, primarily from China and (in terms of weight) Russia.
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