The Pitfalls Of Importing !

[forestry]

and people wonder how pests and diseases come into the uk?

 

this makes me angry, what did the customer think he was doing, ordering firewood from thousands of miles away and getting a bargain? idiot!

 

The guy was not an idiot ordering firewood from 1000s miles away, he was naive paying upfront.

Believe it or not as long as the conifer the crate is made from is Kiln Dried it complies with current regulations.

I do not understand your issue with importing firewood. Do you only eat food and drink produced in France, drive a French car etc etc, we live in a global market !!

[briquette_seller]

Maybe "kiln dried" means something different in Bulgaria?

I guess something was lost in translation...........

 

British homegrown timber is best, fact.

[forestry]

what was the moisture content? Lol

 

40% +

[forestry]

Maybe "kiln dried" means something different in Bulgaria?

I guess something was lost in translation...........

 

British homegrown timber is best, fact.

 

Best for what ?

[devon TWiG]

Do you only eat food and drink produced in France, drive a French car etc etc, !! ...................... actually most French do just that !! ................ Also it may well have been kiln dried but it depends how it has been stored since then !

Edited October 14, 2014 by devon TWiG

[forestry]

Even if it is kiln dried, which by the looks of it is very doubtful, the shipping containers are awful for condensation, so probably not the best method for transporting logs.

 

We import 100s of container loads every year with very few problems. I think the problem here is the length of time in the container ( approx 6 weeks )compared to to shipping from the Baltics ( 6 days ).

[forestry]

Do you only eat food and drink produced in France, drive a French car etc etc, !!

...................... actually most French do just that !! ................ Also it may well have been kiln dried but it depends how it has been stored since then !

 

Think you might find there are plenty items they choose be it TV's, mobiles, shoes, Scotch, etc etc that is not French !

[timbernut]

Best for what ?

 

 

The British woodland economy I'd've thought!

[forestry]

The British woodland economy I'd've thought!

 

I agree, before I started importing I priced up buying in, processing and kiln drying myself, unfortunately I could not get guaranteed supply of the species and quality i wanted to sell at the price I needed.

This was frustrating as I also run forestry contracting business.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

problem with imports is what is going to come in on this wood. we had DED sudden oak ash die back what next if we allow are biosecurity to be nil.

coppicers are being pushed out of work due to imported hurdles and spars. are rubbish but cheap. its got to stop. and only timber imported is treated timber. same with trees use home grown not imported rant over

 

Here, here!