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Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby RogerS » 01 Apr 2018, 08:51

While digging around trying to get information on how to stop those timber lorries from chewing up our tiny lanes, I stumbled across this disquieting stitch-up planned by the Forestry Commission and the Government. It's the Applied plantation reduced income legislation ( imported softwood taxation). Basically the Forestry Commission has persuaded the government to apply a massive import taxation on all imported softwoods - something like 400% has been mooted - to encourage the use of UK grown Sitka spruce.

I'm surprised that this hasn't been picked up by our industry.
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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby RogerS » 01 Apr 2018, 12:36

Ah well...that fell flat then :(
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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby Andyp » 01 Apr 2018, 13:05

Sums up the whole bloody problem with Brexit. Everyone is vying to get something out of it. The fact that 400% has been mooted sums it up. Nothing agreed so little more than a scare story at the moment. Market forces will prevail I am sure.

Do you listen to farming today on R4? Most of the programme is dedicated to one organisation or another worried about what will happen during and after the transition period. Very little based on fact just fears.

I understand that there are likely to be winners and losers but there was before Brexit anyway. I said before the referendum that Brexit will be used as an excuse for every business failure whether due to market forces, incompetent management or the change in trading regulations for many many years to come.
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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby RogerS » 01 Apr 2018, 14:29

Andyp wrote:Sums up the whole bloody problem with Brexit. Everyone is vying to get something out of it. The fact that 400% has been mooted sums it up. Nothing agreed so little more than a scare story at the moment. Market forces will prevail I am sure.

Do you listen to farming today on R4? Most of the programme is dedicated to one organisation or another worried about what will happen during and after the transition period. Very little based on fact just fears.

I understand that there are likely to be winners and losers but there was before Brexit anyway. I said before the referendum that Brexit will be used as an excuse for every business failure whether due to market forces, incompetent management or the change in trading regulations for many many years to come.



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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby Phil » 01 Apr 2018, 14:38

RogerS wrote:Ah well...that fell flat then :(


I am not sure what the point is.

Other countries do it to protect their own farmers and industries.
BMT is doing it in the USofA to protect their jobs and local industries.
(Locally we have hefty import duties on luxury goods.)

You can only protect your local farmers and industries up to a point where they become inefficient and not cost effective.


Andyp wrote:Sums up the whole bloody problem with Brexit. Everyone is vying to get something out of it. The fact that 400% has been mooted sums it up. Nothing agreed so little more than a scare story at the moment. Market forces will prevail I am sure.



Andy is quite right, market forces will prevail.

If the UK does not want to buy the Nordic timber, someone else will.
If your local timber prices and quality are out of line, then people will start importing.

The world is just one big free trading market.


Years ago I purchased paper from local suppliers. Then one day they wanted a 14% increase without any real motivation (labour costs etc.)
So I imported from USofA and landed cost lower than local price before their 14% increase.

And the moral of the story is - don't panic, just wait and see how it all unfolds.

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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby RogerS » 01 Apr 2018, 15:12

What is todays date ? :eusa-doh:

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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby Rod » 01 Apr 2018, 16:17

Too subtle

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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby Phil » 01 Apr 2018, 16:27

Rod wrote:Too subtle

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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby Andyp » 01 Apr 2018, 18:08

Ha ha bloody ha. :oops:
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Re: Brexit legislation and timber imports

Postby Phil » 08 Apr 2018, 08:13

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