The following charts indicate which of "the selected countries" are likely to supply Spain 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)
Imports
from the selected countries primarily from Brazil, Chine, China and
Uruguay.
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All
countries, Timber Sector and Paper Sector (import value)
Imports
from the selected countries primarily from Brazil, Chine, China, and
Uruguay - and to a lesser extent from the Congo Basin and Indonesia.
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Trend
in imports of wood-based products from the selected countries (2000-2010)
Steep
decline in sawn wood, plywood and during second the last years of
the decade. Steep decline in imports of pulpwood logs during first
half of the decade - largely offset by increase in imports of chips.
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Imports
of logs from the selected countries
Primarily
pulpwood logs from Argentina and Uruguay. Small volumes of Timber
Sector logs from the Congo Basin.
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Imports
of sawn wood from the selected countries
Primarily
from Chile and Cameroon. Smaller quantities from other tropical countries
and elsewhere.
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Imports
of veneer from the selected countries
Primarily
from West Africa and the Congo Basin.
Smaller quantities from Brazil, China
and Ukraine.
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Imports
of plywood from the selected countries
Primarily
from China.
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Imports
of other panels from the selected countries
Primarily
from China.
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Imports
of mouldings & joinery from the selected
countries
Pimarily
from Brazil and China. Smaller quantities Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Imports
of wooden furniture from the selected
countries
Predominantly
from China. In terms of import value, substantial quantities from
other countries in East Asia and Brazil.
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Imports
of other Timber Sector products from
the selected countries
Predominantly
from China.
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Imports
of wood chips & residues from the selected
countries
Large
weights from Uruguay and Chile.
Substantial quantities supplied also from the Republic of Congo.
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Imports
of wood-based pulp from the selected
countries
Almost
all from Brazil and Chile.
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Imports
of paper from the selected countries
Primarily
from Brazil, China, Indonesia and South Africa.
In terms of import value, substantial quantities also imported from
several other countries.
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