Timber prices?

I haven't been able to find any reference that the issues are related to brexit.
 
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One particular boiler manu has had issues getting his boilers into the UK

stuck in Belgium and Holland

so he has flogged em in the EU at twice the price he would get in the UK

so I was told
 
As I said, brexiteers blame anyone/anything but themselves :rolleyes:

The timber is down to a global/US shortage and increased demand, cement, plaster board, plaster, roof tiles are all manufactured in this country and all have been subject to shortages. There's been a pandemic mate.
 
I haven't been able to find any reference that the issues are related to brexit.
You need to speak to people that handle materials on a large scale - buyers at large companies. Brexit, Coivd and high demand are all contributing.
 
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Brexit is contributing to the higher costs of building materials as well as other factors.
The thread is about timber, though you have always had trouble getting wood, I was told.

UK, not US :rolleyes:

"The price of home improvements has spiked by as much as 80pc as raw material costs continue to soar as a result of Brexit"

"It's a combination of the fact that Brexit pushed prices up - one of our suppliers in France has just told us they can't supply us anymore"
This was just an article that shows its a global issue, how does Brexit affect the USA?
Of course brexiteers will blame anything/anyone but brexit!
 
Don't you know how to use google?

Took me 20 seconds:

Cost of new homes pushed up by Brexit-driven rise of timber prices
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...brexit-driven-rise-of-timber-prices-bxb28p9d9

You certainly know how to use Google to your advantage. My 20 seconds of Googling threw this up from the
Timber Trade Federation.

https://ttf.co.uk/brexit-and-the-timber-industry/

"Both parties have agreed to a Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This agreement provides 100% tariff liberalisation, meaning there will be no tariffs or quotas on the movement of goods we produce between the UK and the EU".
 
AGM - BoJo - Brexit - sea level - land heave - land owners renting underside of fields for heat pump use.
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"Both parties have agreed to a Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This agreement provides 100% tariff liberalisation, meaning there will be no tariffs or quotas on the movement of goods we produce between the UK and the EU"

Yeah, tariffs arent the biggest barrier

try these issues:
rules of origin
customs declarations
transit documents
loss of cabotage rights


brexit is not the reason for the current shortage of timber or prices -mostly its because the timber mills went onto minimum workforce due to covid and also we now have a global issue with shipping because container ships, containers and goods are all in the wrong place and it will take 6 months to sort out.
 
Some one said some of this caper was or has been caused by that Suez Canal caper were a ship got stuck ????

I can def say that some spares for one particular boiler brand dried up ???
 
where does most of our construction timber come from ?
 
You certainly know how to use Google to your advantage. My 20 seconds of Googling threw this up from the
Timber Trade Federation.

https://ttf.co.uk/brexit-and-the-timber-industry/

"Both parties have agreed to a Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This agreement provides 100% tariff liberalisation, meaning there will be no tariffs or quotas on the movement of goods we produce between the UK and the EU".

Selective quoting only undermines your argument - costs have gone up.

Tariffs might be zero but goods require export docs as well as meeting regulations both in the uk and EU - the non tariff barriers are always left out of the discussion.


Despite this trade agreement, Timber Trade Federation importer members still must complete import procedures and due diligence when importing timber from the EU.



The first step all our members should take is to assess their EU purchases, identify the products involved, and understand how these changes will affect them. While we note there are a few circumstances where other companies may be responsible for these new procedures, as detailed below, these instances are very limited.



VAT and excise procedures will need to be applied to goods traded with the EU, in the same way that already applies for goods traded outside of the EU, and new due diligence requirements are now in place as a result of the adoption of UK Timber Regulations, with many timber businesses trading in the customs union who were previously classed as ‘Traders’ to become ‘Operators’.
 
where does most of our construction timber come from ?
The UK construction sector consumes roughly 5 million cubic metres of softwood each year. But despite an abundance of forests and woodland, a staggering 80% of it comes from abroad, and Britain remains the world's third-largest net importer of forest products, after China and Japan

  • Sweden (42%), Latvia (16%) and Finland (14%) provided the majority of imports of sawn softwood to the UK.
 
The UK construction sector consumes roughly 5 million cubic metres of softwood each year. But despite an abundance of forests and woodland, a staggering 80% of it comes from abroad, and Britain remains the world's third-largest net importer of forest products, after China and Japan

  • Sweden (42%), Latvia (16%) and Finland (14%) provided the majority of imports of sawn softwood to the UK.
How much of that do you think comes via the Suez Canal?
Some one said some of this caper was or has been caused by that Suez Canal caper were a ship got stuck ????
:rolleyes:
 
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