Certified wood in Europe to Indonesia to improve the legitimacy of the request

The European timber trade delegation visited Indonesia this year, by the end of March, and with the Indonesian authorities to discuss the independent review of timber products to comply with new international market demand. By the UK Timber Trade Association, led by a representative group of the timber trade with the Indonesian timber industry leaders discussed the new timber trade regulations and policies to improve the legitimacy of the review and certification of timber demands of the timber.
Asia's exporters are facing to adapt to new international market demand, as well as the United States and the European Union regulations, public and private purchasing policies are now putting the independent inspection of timber legality and sustainability as a market entry conditions. To this end more than 100 wood and furniture manufacturer in Indonesia participated in the National Trade Forum, held in Jakarta, to understand the changes in the international market of timber.

The EU is currently finalizing a requirement that all importers of European Union countries to review the sources of imported timber, and to exclude illegal timber in the supply chain outside the regulations. The EU green procurement guidelines and controls 20% of the EU market of timber procurement EU member governments have raised the timber procurement policy for timber inspection and certification requirements. Said that the new EU - Indonesia's timber license agreement (Voluntary Partnership Agreement) negotiations is likely to reach in July 2009. Once reaching this agreement, Indonesia will have the export of all timber legality assurance This wood producers in Indonesia has very important significance.

Indonesian arts and crafts, and Chairman of the Association's furniture, said Indonesia's furniture Association supports the arts and crafts, and various forms of cooperation, authentication and legalization measures. Therefore, Indonesia's furniture Association is very concerned about the crafts and to meet the market demand for public forest certification, hope that this initiative would bring benefits to the member units of production and enable them to get in the international furniture market share of a breakthrough.