Record low EU27+UK imports of sawn hardwood in 2020

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In quantity terms, EU27+UK imports of sawn hardwood fell 13% to 1.93 million cu.m last year, the lowest level for at least thirty years and only the second year ever (alongside 2013 during the euro currency crises) that imports have fallen below 2 million cu.m. EU27+UK import quantity of tropical sawn hardwood declined 18% last year to only 828,000 cu.m, the lowest level ever recorded. Import quantity of temperate sawn hardwood fell 8% to 1.11 million cu.m.

Despite the sharp decline in trade, the level of EU27+UK sawn hardwood imports last year was not significantly out of alignment with imports in any year since 2009. The reality is that European sawn hardwood imports have been stuck at historically low levels ever since the financial crises. The decline last year is a relatively minor blip compared to the huge 50% fall between 2007 and 2009.

In quantity terms, in 2020 EU27+UK imports of tropical sawnwood declined 17% from Cameroon to 303,000 cu.m, 25% from Brazil to 129,000 cu.m, and 13% from Malaysia to 105,000 cu.m. Imports of temperate sawn hardwood also declined from all leading supply countries including the US (-13% to 261,000 cu.m), Ukraine (-17% to 224,000 cu.m) and Russia (-15% to 197,000 cu.m).

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