The UK Timber Regulation (UKTR) requires businesses placing timber and timber-based products, such as the MDF in this panel, on the UK market to carry out due diligence on legality of harvest — recording species, origin and supplier information. We act as the 'operator' bringing this product to the UK market; a trader further down the chain has lighter record-keeping duties. We publish each supporting document here only once it is issued and confirmed.
Operator vs trader, in plain English
Under the UK Timber Regulation, an operatoris the business that first places timber or a timber product on the UK market — that is our role here, since the panel's MDF core originates outside the UK. An operator must exercise due diligence: identifying the product, the country and, where relevant, the concession of harvest, and assessing the risk that the timber was illegally harvested. A trader is a business further down the supply chain buying and reselling an already-placed product within the UK — traders have lighter obligations, mainly keeping records of who they bought from and sold to.
What a due-diligence pack contains
A due-diligence system under UKTR typically gathers: a description of the timber product and its species; the country (and, where applicable, sub-national region and concession) of harvest; supplier documentation confirming legal harvest; a risk assessment against that information; and risk-mitigation measures where risk is identified as more than negligible.
What we currently hold for this product
| Document | Status |
|---|---|
| No compliance or test documents are published yet for this product. Documents are published here as they are issued and confirmed — never before. | |
This includes an E1 formaldehyde emission declaration for the MDF core and ISPM15 confirmation for export packaging, both requested from our manufacturing partner but not yet received. We do not assert compliance ahead of holding the documents that evidence it.
Frequently asked questions
Are you the 'operator' or the 'trader' under UKTR for this product?
As the business placing timber-containing products on the UK market from our manufacturing partner, we act as the operator for the purposes of due diligence; a retailer buying from us and reselling within the UK is generally a trader, with lighter record-keeping duties.
What documents do you currently hold for this product?
None are yet published — see the table above. Each is published here as soon as it is issued and confirmed; nothing is claimed before it exists.