Countries such as Europe and the United States must pay attention to the introduction of new regulations for wood products

Recently, countries such as Europe and the United States have continuously introduced new regulations for imported wood products, and their requirements have become stricter, which has brought about a greater impact on exporting wood products enterprises. In view of this, the inspection and quarantine department of Zhanjiang specially reminded relevant export enterprises yesterday that this newspaper must pay high attention to the new regulations in Europe and America and take effective measures to actively respond.

In order to meet the environmental protection needs of consumers, recently, the United States and the European Union have successively introduced amendments to the US Lacey Act and the new regulations of the European Union's Timber Retail Consortium. They require that wood product importers provide evidence of the legal source of timber when they import plants or forest products. Some well-known international companies have also stated that they only purchase and sell wood products certified by the forest. US President Barack Obama recently officially signed the “Combined Wood Products Formaldehyde Standards Act”, which applies to hardwood plywood, particle board, and medium-density fiberboard, as well as all products made with these plates, and will be held on January 3, 2011. Implemented throughout the United States, it sets the world's most stringent standards for formaldehyde emission from wood-based panels. The above new regulations in Europe and the United States have not only greatly increased the economic costs and time costs for customs clearance of wood products exported to Europe and the United States, but also increased the production costs and testing costs of related exporting production enterprises. The export of wood products may even be caused by the increase in the limit standard. Foreign notifications were even returned. The introduction of new regulations in Europe and the United States will bring new impact and impact on the export of wood products.

In recent years, the export of wood products in China has maintained a stable trend. At present, the United States is already the country's largest exporter of furniture and other wood products, accounting for 41% of China's total furniture exports. The EU is the second largest market for the export of wood products in China. The wood products exported to the EU account for about one quarter of the total annual export volume of wood products in China. For example, in the Zhanjiang region, which is the main base for the production, processing, and export of wood products in China, the annual value of wood products exports reached more than 120 million U.S. dollars. The products are exported to more than 40 countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, and South Africa. Or area.

In order to avoid the trade risks of wood products exported to Europe and the United States, and ensure the smooth progress of the export of wood products, the export wood product companies should be aware of and early to cope with the new requirements of Europe and the United States: First, pay close attention to and deeply understand the US Lacey Act amendments. With the contents and requirements stipulated by the European Union's Timber Retail Alliance, we will increase our awareness of forest certification and certified forest products, and strengthen our communication with customers in Europe and the United States to learn more about new information from foreign customers in a timely manner. The second is to establish and improve the procurement system and verification of raw materials for wood products. In the purchase of raw materials, products that meet the European and American access requirements should be selected, and relevant proof materials should be requested at the time of purchase. When signing a contract with a supplier, an “illegal” responsibility is marked and the supplier is required to bear illegal legal liability for the timber. The third is to reduce the procurement of timber subject to European and American key monitoring countries, pay attention to the collection of relevant certificates from logging, transportation, and then to production and processing, and ensure that every link on the chain has legal documents, giving priority to supplying the United States or Europe. Timber merchants import wood directly from Canada and the United States. Fourth, persist in daily quality and safety supervision from the source of production, further establish and improve the quality management system, epidemic prevention management system, toxic and hazardous substance control system, etc., and strengthen supervision and management of key control points such as raw materials, production processes, and finished products. The toxic and hazardous substances in raw and auxiliary materials required by health, health, and environmental protection are strictly tested and monitored. Fifth, implement a market diversification strategy, change the pattern of previous exports relying on the US market, and actively explore new emerging export markets such as Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and ASEAN to minimize and spread trade risks. In addition, government departments should give appropriate consideration to giving certified enterprises certain preferential policies to train wood product companies and their upstream organizations in the development of sustainable development and forest certification and other relevant knowledge and information training, and enhance the company’s ability to identify and authenticate legal timber. Enthusiasm.