Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: New Import Tariff Reduction on Wood

MOF issued a Notification in the Royal Gazette detailing the preferential duty reduction schedules under Section 12 of the Customs Tariff Decree B.E. 2530 for imported wood products.
International Agricultural Trade Report

Money Does Grow on Trees as U.S. Forest Product Exports Set Record

The United States exported a record $9.7 billion of forest products in fiscal year 2014. Among U.S. agricultural exports, only corn and soybeans had higher export values.
Putin Signed Federal Law Limiting Agencies Authority . . . Russian Fish Catch Down Slightly in 2014 . . . Federal Law Extends Support to Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products . . .
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Kyrgyzstan: Draft Law on Plant Quarantine Notified to WTO

On January 9, 2015, the Kyrgyz Republic notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Law on Plant Quarantine (G/SPS/N/KGZ/1).
Attaché Report (GAIN)

United Kingdom: UK Wood Pellet Market

Through EU and UK political and regulatory policy interventions, renewable fuel (e.g. wood pellets) has been incentivized as a vehicle to help de-carbonize the energy sector.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Malaysia: GE Rubber Trees

November 2014, the National Biosafety Board announced that it was assessing a proposal from the Malaysian Rubber Board to conduct confined field trails on genetically engineered (GE) rubber trees.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

India: Delhiwood Trade Show Announcement

This report provides information on the Delhiwood trade show that will be held for the fourth time in Greater Noida near New Delhi from February 4-7, 2015.
FAS Lima coordinated for the American Softwood and the Engineered Wood Associations and accompanying members a series of site visits and meetings with Peruvian lumber importers.