EU faces crisis as China rejects EUDR regulations

Posted on July 5, 2024   |  

China rejects the EU's EUDR, citing security concerns and refusing to share geolocation data.

China controls more than 30% of the global forest product supply chain, through its Belt and Road initiative.

Last year, China accounted for over 47% of timber furniture imports into the EU, surpassing Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

China is the EU's largest supplier of paperboard boxes, providing 41% of imports, ahead of Turkey, Serbia, and Switzerland.

Twenty out of 27 European Agricultural Ministers have called for delays in implementing EUDR rules, echoing concerns from Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

The EUDR issue has brought together the United States and China, the world’s largest forest product producers.

Chinese law restricts the sharing of geographic information to entities authorized by the State Council’s surveying and mapping department.

Amid global tensions, China remains firm in its decision not to provide geolocation data to EUDR authorities.