The following charts indicate which of "the selected countries" are likely to supply the Germany 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)
Congo
Basin very small relative to the total from the selected countries.
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All
countries, Timber Sector and Paper Sector (import value)
Primarily
China, particularly with Timber Sector.
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Trend
in imports of wood-based products from the selected countries (2000-2010)
Declining
logs (from Russia) and sawn wood (from Eastern Europe). Plywood from
Indonesia decreasing but increasing from China. Increasing furniture
and paper from China .
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Imports
of logs from the selected countries
Predominantly
Russia. Substantial also from Cameroon and Gabon.
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Imports
of sawn wood from the selected countries
Primarily
Russia. Large volumes from Ukraine and Belarus. Substantial volumes
from Malaysia, Ghana, Indonesia and Cameroon.
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Imports
of veneer from the selected countries
Primarily
from Ivory Coast.
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Imports
of plywood from the selected countries
Primarily
Brazil (coniferous), Russia and China.
Substantial volume from Indonesia.
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Imports
of other panels from the selected countries
Small
volumes, primarily Russia.
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Imports
of mouldings & joinery from the selected
countries
Large
quantities from Indonesia and China. Substantial volumes from several
other countries.
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Imports
of wooden furniture from the selected
countries
Predominantly
from China - requiring high levels of scrutiny. Substantial volumes
from several other countries.
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Imports
of other Timber Sector products from
the selected countries
Predominantly,
as large quantities, from China.
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Imports
of wood chips & residues from the selected
countries
Primarily
Russia and East Europe.
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Imports
of wood-based pulp from the selected
countries
Predominantly
from South America.
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Imports
of paper from the selected countries
Primarily
from Russia and (particularly in terms of import value) China.
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