Looking to import firewood

[Lorry thompson]

You will know more than Me mate I'm not a forester at all just keep hearing round my way the woods are being over worked

[AngusMF250]

You will know more than Me mate I'm not a forester at all just keep hearing round my way the woods are being over worked

 

I wouldnt say I know any more than you do!

 

It would be interesting to know if firewood is being imported?

[Lorry thompson]

I did hear of a lot of chip being imported on the Tyne for the powerstations so reckon there will be plenty of firewood coming in too? I will ask the lads over that way see if they can shed some light on it

[Mark Bolam]

Money talks, BS walks. Simple.

 

If it pays to import firewood (or anything else), then it will be imported.

[Lorry thompson]

Money talks, BS walks. Simple.

 

If it pays to import firewood (or anything else), then it will be imported.

 

[County4x4]

Is there not a feeling that increased demand for firewood is possibly going to be a good thing for the woodlands of the UK? Increased earning potential leading to old neglected coppice woodland being put back into rotation, and more areas of land planted up with trees instead of just being left? I know that this won't have much effect in the short term, but a few years down the line things could be different.

 

Andy

[Mark Bolam]

Good thought Andy.

 

Hang in there lads, we'll all be millionaires!

[JayVee]

hi all. finally found some figures on UK imports. Apparently the UK uses 1180000 tonnes of firewood per year. One million of that is homegrown the remaining 180 000 tonnes is import. Can't comment on the veracity of the data though. I'm posting from my phone and have no idea how to copypaste on this thing. I'll post the link later when I'm on a proper computer.

[renewablejohn]

please do john.

buyers premium?

vat ? 5% or 17.5%

softwood//hardwood//mixed

number of lots and prices

 

please.

 

Somebody else will have to post up the results I have tried posting twice and each time the system has thrown me out into the login screen which I then login again and the message does not get posted.

[WFWales]

Is there an issue with importing pests and diseases along with the firewood?