European Union after administration sanctionslimiting the import of wood from Russian Federationbegan to purchase more wood from U.S.A. About this with reference to data European statistical service reports RIA Novosti.
In April 2022, the European Union introduced an embargo on the import of Russian timber and wood products – previously Russia was the largest supplier of this resource to the EU. In 2023, the EU purchased timber worth $11.4 billion, with the largest supplier becoming China – 2.5 billion dollars. Next come Ukraine (1.5 billion) and the USA (1.3 billion).
Among the top ten suppliers, only Türkiye, doubling supplies to $440 million. It is noteworthy that Kyrgyzstan supplied the EU with wood and products worth $8.8 million, which is 6,448 times more than the 2021 supply figures.
Earlier, Nikolai Platonov, Russia’s permanent representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), said that in recent years Western influence in the WTO has been decreasing – the voices of states not belonging to the Western camp are increasingly being heard. Read more about this in material Public News Service.
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