EU Imported firewood into the UK

[biggarlogs]

I was just asking Russian for a price, no I will be sticking to the old fashioned way of doing firewood,too old to change now,and local wood for me.another few years when the money had run out I will retire

[william petts]

I agree with keeping it local, and maybe we should start planting mire woodland specially for firewood, but is it profitable and will there still be a demant for fireeood in 40 years time

[ash_smith123]

 

 

 

I see your point, but we import so much of everything now a days, that its become socially acceptable.

 

40% of our food is imported for example.

 

Disheartening yes, but a fact of "modern" society

 

 

No its the fact we are a tiny island with lots of people. If we were self sufficient and used 100% of UK timber it wouldn't last very long! The UK timber industry in a whole only uses 33% of British wood.

Just look at the planting rates since the 70's... Some years just about enough wood was planted for my yearly supply alone!! Its too late, we will have a massive shortfall soon!

[Woodbioma]

Hey guys,

 

Went through all the thread, it was interesting to read your thoughts. There are always many people who are complaining about firewood and any other product which is imported, but they think just about their niche product and not globaly. We import and export lots of products these days and thats the world we live in . If you process your firewood by your own and from local wood, you have to do some marketing and explain your customers what kind of product you are doing and why they have to buy from you.

Otherwise, you are in the same market with all companies, which import firewood from other countries, lets say Bulgaria or Latvia.

 

I am from Lithuania and we are in firewood business for 5 years now and started with one UK client, who helped us to understand what kind of product UK market needs.

 

Now we are supplying 20 different products for e-shops, supermarkets, garden centres, nurseries. Over 400 loads already shipped to UK and Ireland.

 

While visiting UK customers last year, saw lots of wet wood from Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania or Latvia. It was because of the fault of the suppliers, which were not professional in this business.

Talking about issues with the quality suppliers, be aware of:

- payment terms

- reputation of the company

- certificates they have

- check the length of firewood that you receive

- crate dimensions (inside and outside, number of crates in container)

- nails, crate quality and durability

- rotten and molded wood.

 

Woodbioma customers always receive high quality wood, 90% of it is freshly cut with Hakki Pilke machinery, kiln dried up to 18%, neatly stacked into durable crates. Some of the clients stack 1RM crates in 3 levels.

 

As well we are able to mix containers, it means you can have firewood in crates, bags, briquettes, wood pellets, kindling , firelighters, etc.

 

Woodbioma offer design/labeling service, as well delivery door to door of 40/45ft containers. It takes from 6 days to 14 days to ship from Lithuania to UK.

 

If anyone has an interest in high quality wood, reliable producer with years of experience , feel free to contact.

Edited December 22, 2015 by Woodbioma

[Marko1982]

 

 

 

 

 

Will answer all the private messages once I get quotes from logistics companies.

[mixedangased]

Russian firewood! Emerald ash borer is west of Moscow and heading this way. How long before it gets to the borders of the EU, and does anyone think its going to take notice of passport control.

 

Emerald ash borer west of Moscow is not conjecture, neither is the length of time ash dieback has been in this country, nor the tale about the junipers. All are facts.

 

For ash borer check out EPPO, for ash die back see the FC website, and keep up to date by going to events where you can meet those at the forefront of the fight and have a chat with them. There is emerging evidence that ash dieback has been around a lot longer here than 2012 due to its extensive geographical spread in the wider environment. For the junipers speak to Natural England.

 

As for greed that's been around a while too. The seven deadly sins as we know them, which include greed, appeared in the fourth century AD.

 

Ed

 

Here's me thinking that kiln drying kills off wood boring insects ???

[Alycidon]

Here's me thinking that kiln drying kills off wood boring insects ???

 

Me too !!

 

That in my book is one of the major benefits.

 

A

[Lucan]

Here's me thinking that kiln drying kills off wood boring insects ???

 

Do you believe that all the wood imported into the UK is kiln dried to less than 20%

 

http://Arbtalk: Pitfalls of importing

[otter]

Yep. I agree with ed.

[Aunt Maud]

I'm with Ed too.

 

But then I don't have a firewood business and own my own coppice and produce my own firewood.

 

As for Ash die back, all of the Ash on my land are now dead.

 

It's coming your way whether you like it or not and there's nothing you can do about it.