The Index below provides links to charts which illustrate the EU's imports of specific wood-based products from a number of countries during 2010. Each chart shows the proportion of those products which is imported by specific member states.

The charts indicate which EU member states are likely to develop due diligence systems of most salience to each supplying country's exports of specific wood-based products (implicitly as benchmarks for Competent Authority scrutiny of Monitoring Organisations and operators).

The source on which statistics for the imports of EU member states is Eurostat Estimates of roundwood equivalent ("RWE") volume have been derived from source data as indicated in http://www.globaltimber.org.uk/RWEvolume.htm

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Imports of specific wood-based products from selected countries by each EU member state (2010):

Asia:

China

Due diligence systems established in the UK - the leading importer - should be a benchmark for due diligence systems across the EU.
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India

Dominated by wooden furniture and paper, imported mainly into Germany and the UK.
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Indonesia

Almost all Indonesian pulp (and most paper) derives from tropical hardwood and/or Acacia mangium. Indonesia seems to be the world's leading producer of pulp from those species - which are said to be easily detectable in pulp and paper.
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Japan

Predominantly paper imported into the Netherlands. Perhaps based on Indonesian pulp. One major Japanese paper group has publically admitted presenting inaccurate information about the content of the paper which it supplies.
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Malaysia

Because the UK and the Netherlands account for most imports, their due diligence systems should be benchmarks for due diligence systems across the EU. Supplied mainly from Peninsular Malaysia (implicitly from MTCS-certified forest, but typically without chain of custody). Much wooden furniture derives wholly from (uncertified) rubberwood.
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South Korea

Predominantly paper imported into Italy. Perhaps based on Indonesian pulp.
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Thailand

Predominantly wooden furniture imported into the UK (mostly rubberwood, also other plantation species) and paper imported into Belgium and France.
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Vietnam

Predominantly wooden furniture imported into the UK, based on imported wood raw material (some of which is FSC-certified).
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Congo Basin:

Cameroon

Predominantly sawn wood. Very small number of veneer and plywood mills. Exports of logs of some species banned. Includes products deriving from trees grown in Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville).
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Central African Republic

Excludes logs and sawn wood reported as imports from Cameroon.
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Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

Excludes logs and sawn wood reported as imports from Cameroon. Excludes products reported as imports from Democratic Republic of Congo. Chips supplied from one plantation.
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Includes products (particularly chips) reported as imports from Republic of Congo.
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Equatorial Guinea

Predominantly veneer. Exports of logs prohibited since 2008.
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Gabon

Imported mainly by France and Italy. Exports of logs prohibited since early 2010.
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Other Sub-Saharan Africa:

Ghana

Primarily sawn wood. Export of logs prohibited other than from plantations.
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Ivory Coast

Mainly Italy. Primarily sawn wood and veneer. Export of logs prohibited other than from plantations.
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Liberia

Predominantly chips of rubberwood.
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South Africa

Predominantly pulp and paper.
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South America:

Argentina

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Brazil

Dominated by pulp - predominantly of eucalyptus supplied by a handful of large enterprises.
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Chile

Dominated by pulp - predominantly of radiata pine and eucalyptus. Very few major suppliers.
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Uruguay

Predominantly wood chips (of eucalyptus). Very few major suppliers.
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Other South America

Imports by the Netherlands of miscellaneous products from Bolivia and railway sleepers from Guyana account for most of the "other timber". Venezuela supplied the great majority of the wood chips.
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East Europe:

Belarus

Primarily logs imported by Poland.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina

Almost all imported by Austria, Germany, Italy and Slovenia.
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Croatia

Dominated by Italy and Slovenia.
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Russia

Logs and chips imported mainly by Finland.
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Serbia

Miscellaneous products (HS code 44219098)) primarily comprise "other timber".
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Turkey

Mainly paper - as is the case with a number of other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Ukraine

Mainly logs and sawn wood.
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Other East Europe

Mainly sawn wood, paper and wooden furniture imported by Italy. Supplied mainly by Albania, Macedonia, Moldova and Montenegro.
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Other countries:

Australia

Wood pellets account for the Netherlands' imports).
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Canada

Predominantly pulp, paper and, increasingly, wood pellets.
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New Zealand

Small quantities. Predominantly sawn wood and wood pellets.
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Norway

Imports dominated by Sweden particularly in the timber sector.
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Switzerland

Predominantly paper, imported mainly by Germany.
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USA

Predominantly pulp and paper (and, increasingly, wood pellets).
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