{"id":10150,"date":"2023-08-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=10150"},"modified":"2024-12-17T23:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T13:51:36","slug":"indonesia-seeks-dutch-support-against-eu-deforestation-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/indonesia-seeks-dutch-support-against-eu-deforestation-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia Seeks Dutch Support Against EU Deforestation Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Indonesia has called on the Netherlands to support its bid against the European Union’s (EU’s) anti-deforestation <\/a>regulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Netherlands is Indonesia’s largest European export market, and in 2022, the trade between the two countries reached US $6.23 billion, a 13.8-percent increase compared to US$5.48 billion the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan called the Dutch to push back against the regulation, urging it to “minimise barriers for Indonesian products that meet sustainable standards to enter the EU.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia is part of a global coalition of 12 countries<\/a> from the Amazon, the Congo Basin and southeast Asia, which signed the “United for Our Forests”<\/a> pact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group, home to the world’s most extensive rainforests, allied ahead of COP 28 later this year and criticised “trade restrictions disguised as environmental measures.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood Central understands that this refers to the European Union’s law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to journalists, Minister Hasan said, “Trade between Indonesia and the EU has huge potential, but it could be in jeopardy due to the EU’s anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Hasan claims that the EUDR has the potential to negatively impact the exports of Indonesia’s flagship products, which include palm oil, coffee, rubber, and timber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia is the world’s fourth-largest coffee export market, ranked sixth and eighth for global pulp and paper products.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, a report found a ‘worrying lack of readiness’ amongst the top 100 pulp and paper producers ahead of the EU deforestation regulations.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Data published <\/a>by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) reveals that timber and pulp companies are “largely unprepared” for the new rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcda NEW! @OfficialZSL<\/a>'s latest SPOTT research on the world's top tropical #Timber<\/a> & #Pulp<\/a> companies indicates the sector is not yet ready for the upcoming EU Deforestation Regulation (#EUDR<\/a>).

Find out more \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/4K4CFn1m8d<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HCQ6q6NZL7<\/a><\/p>— ZSL SPOTT (@ZSLSPOTT) August 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>