The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and British Woodworking Federation (BWF) are going ahead with plans to launch a new joint Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI), but they have decided not to continue discussions about a full merger of their organisations.
A Competent Authority investigation into the UK Chinese plywood import sector has found widespread failure to meet the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).
The European Commission has approved five more operations as EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Monitoring Organisations, including ETTF members Le Commerce du Bois of France and GD Holz of Germany.
The SPF, the Belgian EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Competent Authority, has released what is thought to be up to six containers of Brazilian ipe it was investigating as potentially illegally sourced.
