The Buyer’s Guide to Preservative Treated Wood
The WPA Code of Practice for Industrial Wood Preservation groups the applications for treated wood into Use Classes
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Clarifying the position of ‘pre-conflict’ timber
This statement seeks to clarify how the timber industry should approach existing stock of Russian and Belarusian timber already in the supply chain.
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Impact of trade restrictions on Russia and Belarus
This statement seeks to analyse the impact of trade restrictions in place on Russia and Belarus on Birch Plywood.
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Impact of Russia and Belarus trade restrictions on Birch Plywood
This statement seeks to analyse the impact of trade restrictions in place on Russia and Belarus on Birch Plywood.
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Russian Timber Import Ban
Following the advice to all members on 8 March 2022 to cease trading with Russia and Belarus, and further to the notification to members in April that a specific import ban on Russian wood products was imminent, the following information has now been published by UK Government via an Import...
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How to import goods from EU into the GB
A general guide into Importing goods from the EU after Brexit
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Learn the Essential of Construction Products Regulation
This guidance aims to support plywood importers in the UK/EU and manufacturers in China with tools and examples to understand, implement and demonstrate compliance in line with the Construction Product Regulation (CPR).
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Understanding Use Class 4 (UC4)
Consumer and contract law require that any product offered for sale must be fit for its intended use and a wood product impregnated with preservative is no exception. The minimum standards for the treatment of wood are set out in British Standard BS8417 (Preservation of Wood: Code of Practice). In...
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Understanding Use Class 3 (UC3)
Use Class 3 is for end uses where wood is used outdoors NOT in contact with the ground.
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Understanding Use Class 2 (UC2)
Use Class 2 is for end uses where wood is used indoors, above ground and within the building envelope, but with an occasional risk of wetting (from plumbing leaks for example).
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