{"id":18021,"date":"2024-05-29T06:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=18021"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:19:21","slug":"nzs-beef-with-eudr-worlds-least-corrupt-nations-red-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/nzs-beef-with-eudr-worlds-least-corrupt-nations-red-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ’s Beef with EUDR: World’s Least Corrupt Nation Counts Red Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Zealand is the latest country to flag concerns with the EUDR, with the wood processing industry grappling with how the new rules will impact its NZ $100 million trade in wood pallets into the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes after Wood Central exclusively revealed that the Australian Government<\/a> had written to the European Commission expressing concern about the rules and its implications for Australia’s trade in wood and beef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, Indonesia, Malaysia, and\u00a0the United States \u2013 the world’s largest producer of forest products \u2013\u00a0are tightening the screws on EU policymakers<\/a>, claiming that the new legislation will lead to a surge in prices for forest-based products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result,\u00a0the Financial Times\u00a0reported\u00a0<\/a>that EU policymakers are now debating whether to delay or water down parts of the regulation to allow global supply chains to catch up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In March, the Financial Times reported that the EU would stall important parts of the EUDR over concerns from partner countries – with Indonesia and Malaysia, home to 85% of the world’s palm oil production, among the most vocal in opposition to the new legislation. (Photo Credit: Cloudyew \/ Alamy Stock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to Mark Ross, the CEO of the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association\u2014New Zealand’s peak body for wood processing\u2014the local industry is now in a state of flux, with processors now weighing up the compliance costs around the new rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We support that, but the way they’re going about it, it’s going to be hard to meet the criteria they put out there for New Zealand exporters to the European Union countries,” said\u00a0Mr Ross, who spoke to RNZ today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite topping the corruption perception index<\/a> and having next to nil risk of deforestation, Mr Ross said that processors would need to provide documentation detailing where trees came from before products were processed and information about forests and trees replanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They’ll need to have geolocation data that shows where those forests have come from when it comes to wood products,” he said, adding that “we will need to have satellite images like GPS coordinates showing where those trees\u00a0were harvested\u00a0before they were processed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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