Timber Topics March 2025 | Check your batten stock meets the standard

Timber Topics March 2025 | Check your batten stock meets the standard
by Jennie Ward|07 March 25|Build, Supply
TDUK is offering advice on how to ensure the timber battens you stock, sell and use are fit for purpose, after warnings from The National Federation of Roofing Contractors that sub-standard battens are circulating in the UK. These are ‘marked, coloured and sold as being BS 5534 compliant’, despite being...
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TDUK Trade Note: EU Anti-Dumping Investigation
by Jennie Ward|16 December 24|Build, Supply
This statement seeks to inform Timber Development UK (TDUK) members of the latest updates regarding the EU’s Anti-Dumping investigation on hardwood-faced Plywood from China.
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TDUK Trade Note: Transition of Fire Door Testing Away from the National Standard BS.476 Series
by Jennie Ward|31 October 24|Build, Supply
This statement seeks to inform Timber Development UK (TDUK) members of the latest updates regarding the transition of Fire Door Testing away from BS.476.
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TDUK Trade Note: New DEFRA requirements on Cedar imports
by Jennie Ward|24 October 24|Supply
New Plant Health Requirements are being planned for imports of Cedar wood (Thuja spp.), which includes Western Red Cedar being imported from Canada. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has is proposing to bring legislation on the requirements before Parliament in early January, with the aim that...
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Update from CEI-Bois
EUDR Update from CEI-Bois
by Jennie Ward|30 September 24|Policy, Supply
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Timber and Fire Building Regulations
Timber and Fire Building Regulations
by Edinburgh Napier University|12 September 24|Build
All new buildings, and existing multi-occupied buildings, must comply with the fire performance requirements set out by relevant national building regulations. The requirements are only met if a structure is correctly designed and its components manufactured and built to required standards.
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TDUK Trade Note: Update to CPTTP agreement – Updated October 2024
by Jennie Ward|30 August 24|Supply
On 29 August the UK Government announced that Peru has ratified the critical new CPTTP trade agreement. The CPTPP is a free trade area that, once the UK joins, will span five continents and almost 600 million people.  TDUK believes it is very welcome news that six of the 11...
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Stakeholder Letter On EUDR
by TDUK|20 August 24|Supply
This letter template is intended for members to use when communicating with suppliers about the upcoming EUDR.
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TDUK Trade Note: How EUDR will impact UK wood imports
by TDUK|16 August 24|Supply
On 30 December 2024 the European Union is scheduled to cease implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and enter into force the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for wood and wood products being placed on the EU market. This will place additional responsibilities on Sawmills within the EU and on Suppliers...
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TDUK Trade Note: HMRC timber import statistics and Coniferous Plywood data – Update
by Jennie Ward|31 July 24|Build, Supply
Timber Development UK uses the latest timber import data, published by HM Revenue & Customs, to collate and release monthly updates on timber imports to the UK. This is a follow up to the trade note issued on 8 May 2024 which highlighted a significant problem with customs declarations being...
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