Brazilian wood products exports to Europe set to increase

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According to ABIMCI (Brazilian Association of Mechanically - Processed Timber Industry) Brazilian wood products now have enhanced credibility in the European market and this is creating opportunities to expand trade.

Between January and October this year 20% of Brazil's pine plywood was exported to the UK and ABIMCI expects that the UK market will consume even more of the country's plywood output in 2015.

Brazilian exporters have also had success in the German market partly due to Germany's Global Connect initiative which has stimulated „internationalisation‟ in German companies and has strengthened trade relations with Brazil as well as other exporting countries.

Demand for Brazilian wood products is forecast to grow 2% in 2015. European imports of Brazilian wood products during the time when demand in the US was weak helped ensure the viability of the Brazilian timber industry.

As pointed out by ABIMCI buyers in the UK and Germany require quality and verification of the origin of the product. Companies in Brazil that can meet these requirements have an opportunity to expand sales in the EU market. Despite the optimism there challenges for Brazilian producers such as the logistics of raw materials flows, lack of manpower and poor infrastructure.

Since the claims of illegal logging in Pará state Brazilain exporters have faced a tough time convincing buyers in the EU that this was an isolated case. Representatives from the Center for Timber Producers and Exporters of Mato Grosso (CIPEM) attended the Annual Meeting of Timber Trade Federation to discuss how the timber industry in Mato Grosso state ensures all exports are of legally harvested raw materials. CIPEM has proposed the creation of procedures for importers of Brazilian timber to identify timber companies that guarantee the legal origin of the timber used in ma nufacturing.

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