International Wood Products Association

Welcome back returning voting member The Veneer Source! Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana with a sales office in Parker, Colorado, The Veneer Source prides itself on quick, reliable service and stands behind everything they offer.

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IWPA executive director Ashley Amidon presented today on the Regulatory Affairs panel at the United States Fashion Industry Association Washington Trade Symposium. She will be doing a longer webinar on Phase VII for the USFIA on August 22nd, thanks to the grant from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

IWPA couldn't do all of the things we do without YOU, our amazing members. Thank you for being a part of this great organization.

IWPA Executive Director Ashley Amidon was hard at work this past weekend at the close of the CITES plants committee. It was a packed week, and IWPA looks forward to working closely with the CITES & Lumber Committee on the outcomes and in preparation for the Standing committee in early 2025.

Special thanks to new IWPA member Olam Agri for meeting with IWPA Executive Director Ashley Amidon, CAE while she was in Geneva for the CITES Plants Committee meeting. It was a wonderful last member meeting in Geneva, with great food and conversation. IWPA staff loves to meet with members when we travel, so if you’re interested in meeting with us, let us know!

IWPA Executive Director Ashley Amidon has been working hard all week representing IWPA at the CITES Plants committee meeting. Today and tomorrow, the Plants & Animals committee will be meeting jointly. IWPA CITES & Lumber committee will receive an update after the meeting has concluded, so if you’re not a committee member, contact Joe O’Donnell to join today.

IWPA staff was in the hearing room yesterday as the House Appropriations Committee passed its FY2025 Agriculture Appropriations bill. We are grateful that the bill includes language instructing federal agencies to work together to address port entry delays affecting American companies that import wood products.

IWPA Executive Director Ashley Amidon had a wonderful dinner with IWPA member Precious Woods in Geneva this evening to talk CITES, supply chains, and everything in between. IWPA staff is always happy to visit with members whenever we travel!

IWPA member Robbie Weich, Tradelink Wood Products Ltd spoke today at a CITES side event put on by ATIBT focused on sustainable management in tropical rainforests. As a member of the IWPA CITES committee, we’re lucky to have knowledgeable members like Robbie helping guide the industry’s approach to CITES.

IWPA is ready to kick off a week of intercessional CITES work in Geneva. Interested in being more involved in this topic? Contact us to join the CITES & Lumber committee today!

Our offices will be closed in observance of the federal holiday on July 4, 2024 and will reopen tomorrow, July 5, 2024.

Policy & Marketing Coordinator Benjamin Finnestad headed to Capitol Hill for the first time representing IWPA and attended a House Committee of Natural Resources session.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our online Lacey Act Q&A Webinar!! IWPA Executive Director, Ashley Amidon, CAE, hosted a panel of industry experts to answer all of your questions about the new Lacey Act requirements. Our next free Lacey Act Q&A Webinar is on July 25th at 4pm. Attendance is open to anyone who has already completed either our free online or in-person Lacey Act training sessions. Do you still need to complete your free online and on demand Lacey Act training? Click below to register to take the free course and stay tuned for our next webinar registration.
https://www.iwpawood.org/page/LaceyActComplianceTraining

Our offices are closed today in observance of Juneteenth, a federal holiday. Our team will be back in the office tomorrow.

Don't forget to register for IWF and stop by to visit us!

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Thanks to Import/Export Wood Purchasing News for featuring World of Wood 2024 in their recent edition. It was great to see your photos.

WHAT A WEEK! Thank you to all of the IWPA members who attended the Lacey Act Compliance Training courses sponsored by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Do we all remember our six important words?? 🤔
Missed it? Sign up for our online training today.
https://www.iwpawood.org/page/LaceyActComplianceTraining

Our second 2024 in person Lacey Act Compliance course was held in Greensboro, NC today, courtesy of a grant from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Missed one of the courses?
Take one of our FREE on-demand courses here. https://www.iwpawood.org/page/LaceyActComplianceTraining

Today we kick off the North Carolina in person session of the Lacey Act training, generously funded by a grant from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Our instructors traveled over 2,500 MILES yesterday to be here. A huge thank you to instructors Ashley Amidon, CAE, Adam Scouse, PhD, Greg Huntsinger, Max Horowitz-Burdick, and Elizabeth Ann Baldwin.

Missed one of the courses? Take one of our FREE on-demand courses.

Thanks to all the attendees who came out to Carson City, CA for our Lacey Act training yesterday, generously funded by a grant from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service . Our instructors were so excited to share their accumulated almost 70 years of compliance experience! They’re all headed to Greensboro NC just in time to teach another course there tomorrow. Missed one of the courses? Take one of our FREE on-demand courses here.

As the ongoing lapse of the GSP program has now reached three and a half years and more than $3 billion in duties paid by U.S. companies in the wood products industry and others, we are grateful that today the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on the importance of revitalizing and renewing GSP and other trade preference programs. You can follow the hearing livestream here:

Revitalizing and Renewing GSP, AGOA and Other Trade Preference Programs | The United States Senate Committee on Finance Revitalizing and Renewing GSP, AGOA and Other Trade Preference Programs

Today marks the first 2024 in person Lacey Act Compliance course courtesy of a grant from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Thanks to IWPA member Robinson Lumber Company for meeting with IWPA Executive Director Ashley Amidon for her last member visit in NOLA! Wonderful to visit another long term association member and talk policy.

Thanks to IWPA Board Member Port of New Orleans for a wonderful tour! Can’t wait to welcome IWPA members to this wonderful city for WOW 2025!