EU wood pellet net imports fall in 2019

摘要

The EU’s net imports of wood pellets declined in 2019, ending a run of at least seven consecutive years of growth, as intra-EU trade rose to serve a sharp rise in demand from the Netherlands and the UK. EU net wood pellet receipts slipped to 9.21mn t in 2019, down by 2.7pc from 9.47mn t in 2018. Despite the overall decline, 15 of the 28 EU states increased their net wood pellet imports on the year in 2019.