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Published by IBIS World, Sept 1, 2006; approx. 35 Pages
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The US logging industry buys and leases log harvesting equipment and vehicles from relevant wholesalers and retailers and uses them to fell trees, which are then transported as sawlogs to sawmills and pulp mills. The industry is not engaged in breeding, planting or growing the trees, nor managing the forest in which logs are derived. Rather, this is undertaken by forest nurseries (NAICS 11321) and timber tract managers (NAICS 11311) respectively.

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following

1. Cutting timber
2. Cutting and transporting timber
3. Producing wood chips in the field

The primary activities of firms in this industry are:

• cutting timber
• transporting timber
• field woodchipping

The major products and services in this industry are:

• Softwood logs and bolts
• Pulpwood
• Hardwood logs and bolts
• Other roundwood products

Major Players Referenced:

• Weyerhaeuser Company

• ACTIVITIES (PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• SIMILAR INDUSTRIES
• DEMAND & SUPPLY INDUSTRIES

• CONSTANT PRICES
• CURRENT PRICES
• REAL GROWTH
• RATIO TABLE
• GRAPHS

• PRODUCTS AND SERVICE SEGMENTATION
• MAJOR MARKET SEGMENTS
• INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION
• GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD

• MARKET SIZE
• LINKAGES
• DEMAND DETERMINANTS
• DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
• BASIS OF COMPETITION
• LIFE CYCLE

• BARRIERS TO ENTRY
• TAXATION
• INDUSTRY ASSISTANCE
• REGULATION AND DEREGULATION
• COST STRUCTURE
• CAPITAL AND LABOR INTENSITY
• TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS
• INDUSTRY VOLATILITY
• GLOBALIZATION

• KEY SENSITIVITIES
• KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

• MAJOR PLAYERS
• PLAYER PERFORMANCE
• OTHER PLAYERS

• CURRENT PERFORMANCE
• HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

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