Joint investigation reveals sophisticated trade rerouting to smuggle sanctioned goods into Europe.
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The strikes to impact cargo and fuel distribution.
Exemption benefits global wooden pallet industry in EU regulation adaptation.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for formaldehyde for public comment and peer review.
Metsä Group has 21 mills in Finland, which are significantly affected by the prolonged strikes.
However, a number of factors may limit the rapid expansion of unprocessed timber exports to China.
Metsä Group halted operations at its Metsä Svir sawmill and ceased timber purchases in the country in March 2022 after Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This change is expected to lower the expenses for homeowners selling their properties by potentially reducing the standard commission rates, which have historically been among the highest globally.
The average price of Russian lumber in Japan declined 27%.
EOS and CEI-Bois statement for possible Japanese imports ban on Russian wood products.
A court in Russia has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to a subsidiary of the global furniture giant worth almost $143 million.
However, the start of 2024 saw a downturn, with January exports falling 33% year-on-year.
After the test phase of the EU Deforestation Regulation revealed glaring deficiencies and showed that implementation according to current specifications is not possible, the Associations are calling for a change of course.
Once the investigation process is complete, the anti-dumping duties, as high as 15.8%, will be applied retroactively on all imports of birch plywood into the EU from 22 August 2023 and for all future imports from Kazakhstan and Türkiye.
By misdeclaring the species, country of origin, or harvest country of the wood, the couple managed to import these products into the U.S., thus violating federal laws.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland dismissed the appeal made against the environmental permit package for Metsä Group’s Kemi bioproduct mill, as well as the appeal regarding the decision on the environmental permit package issued by the Vaasa Administrative Court on November 14, 2022.
This standard is designed to assist companies in ensuring the legality of the wood products within their supply chains.
The longstanding dispute between the two nations over lumber exports, characterized by U.S. producers as unfairly subsidized, has persisted for decades.
This is the first step in the implementation of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and British Columbia Land Transfer Agreement (2020), with the remaining 2,882 hectares planned for transfer to Snuneymuxw in the near future.
The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, has approved the Development Consent Order for Drax Power Limited’s plans to convert two of its biomass units at Drax Power Station to the carbon removals technology bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).