The Wolseley group will probably complete the restructuring of its operations in France at the beginning of 2014. According to information provided in even more detail in the business report for the whole of 2012/2013 (1 July), 109 French ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
In the second quarter the Danish timber trading group DLH was confronted by a 2% decline in turnover to DKK649m. According to preliminary figures, the EBIT amounts to DKK4m. This follows a 22% decline in turnover in the first quarter to ...
Tags: Construction, wood, timber
The draft legislation on the amendment to the timber-trading safeguard act (HolzSiG) already passed by the German Parliament and the Upper House in March 2013 came into force on 8 May. Up until that date, the law only regulated national ...
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The Holzhandelstag (Wood Trade Day) staged by the GD Holz (General German Wood Trade Association) will this year for the first time be organised in conjunction with the members’ meeting of the timber-trading cooperative Holzland. The ...
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Following a weak first quarter, German timber dealers organised in the GD Holz (General German Timber Trading Association) have seen a surge in demand across all ranges in April. According to a press release published by the association on ...
Tags: Substantial, Timber Trade
The German Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ern hrung (BLE – The Federal Agency for Food and Agriculture), which functions as the competent authority for the implementation of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) in ...
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According to figures drawn up by the Gesamtverband Deutscher Holzhandel (GD Holz – General German Timber Trading Association) turnover generated by the German timber trade in 2012 showed year-on-year growth of 1.5% to a good ...
Tags: Gesamtverband Deutscher Holzhandel, Timber Trading, timber
In the first quarter of 2012 the investment company Hal Holding was confronted by a 7.2% decline in turnover to €385m in its other consolidated subsidiaries division. Following adjustments to account for acquisitions, divestments and ...
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Demand for Brazilian elliotis pine plywood has picked up in Europe since mid-October after initially sluggish business. Importers have now bought large amounts against next year‘s duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the ...
On 31 October 2012, the Federal German cabinet passed a draft amendment s to the Holzhandels-Sicherungs-Gesetzs (HolzSiG – Timber Trading Safeguard Act), which came into force in July 2011. With that amendment, the HolzSiG is ...
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The decline in turnover and results figures already recorded by Danish timber trading group Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman (DLH), during the first three months of 2012 continued during throughout the period from April to June. Thus turnover in ...
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The roundwood-export ban initially planned by Gabon for implementation on 1 January 2010 and finally introduced from the middle of May 2010 resulted in significant changes in Gabonese timber trading. As emerges from the export statistics ...
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Timber buyers and traders are being urged to prepare now for the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) in a bid to avoid potential criminal charges. Related articles Protestors pledge to fight energy giant nuclear power plans. The warning from ...
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A lack of funding has forced the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) to suspend the publication of its valued market information service. The bi-weekly market report gives information, pricing and market reports on all the ...
Tags: market view, tropical wood