The White House

AMENDMENTS TO ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF TIMBER, LUMBER, AND THEIR DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS INTO THE UNITED STATES

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. On July 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home ...
The White House

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products into the United States

Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation invoking Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Act) ...
Business Insider

China Timber Import Report 2019

The "Research Report on Timber Import in China, 2019-2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. China is the second largest timber consumer in the world. With the development of ...
Mongabay

Progress being made in curbing illegal timber imports

Five major timber importers are making progress in cutting contraband wood from their markets, argues a series of reports published by Chatham House. Overall the collection of reports estimate that ...
Mongabay

Chinese traders fear new import restrictions on illegal timber

The China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association (CTWPCA) is seeking to establish a body to help importers navigate new environmental regulations in the United States and Europe that ...
Houston Chronicle

U.S. Customs in Houston blocks import of Amazon rainforest timber

Seventy-one shipping containers filled with Amazon rainforest timber have been retained at the Port of Houston since September in an international controversy over alleged illegal logging in Peru. The ...
Seeking Alpha

Real estate stocks down with import of timber, lumber, derivative products under scrutiny

S&P 500 real estate stocks logged losses as President Donald Trump ordered an investigation earlier this week on wood products import, which plays a key role in construction and determines the course ...
WTKR

Lumber Liquidators now facing federal charges over illegal import of timber

Norfolk, Va. – One of the largest specialty retailers of wood flooring in America, Lumber Liquidators, is now facing several federal charges in connection to illegally harvested timber. Most of the ...
Business Wire

Violation of the European Timber Regulation Sanctioned: Dutch Authorities Stop Chinese Made Plywood Import

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As of today, the Dutch competent authority has ordered the company Sakol Nederland B.V. (“Sakol”) to cease importing tropical face plywood from Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co.
Bloomberg L.P.

Japan Needs Tougher Laws to End Illegal Timber Imports, NGO Says

Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, said the Environmental Investigation Agency, a ...
Digital Journal

China ends import ban on Australian timber

Trade between Australia and China took a hit as diplomatic relations soured at the height of the Covid pandemic - Copyright AFP/File STR Trade between Australia and ...
Traffic

Timber import requirements to safeguard biodiversity compared

Cambridge, UK and Hyderabad, India, 11th October 2012—A TRAFFIC paper analysing and comparing the different requirements under various regulatory systems for legal importation of timber into the ...