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GLOBAL WOOD PRODUCTS: TRENDS & STATISTICS


Order #: W1796_2007TX;  US$ 1300.00 
Published by Interantional Wood Markets Group Inc., March 2007; 500+ Pages

Global Wood Products: Trends & Statistics This report assesses key industry trends and issues of the 25 major producing, importing, exporting and consuming countries that drive the international wood products industry and markets. It covers major commodity products, including softwood (and some hardwood) trends in timber harvests, lumber, plywood, OSB, MDF and particleboard.

The globalization of the wood products industry continues at an unprecedented rate. New supplying countries emerge and others shrink. Importing countries continually switch from traditional to new suppliers as economics, logistics, politics and customer preference continue to change. This report is the first summary to pro le the major countries that drive the solid wood products industry and markets.

Understanding the dynamics of the major producing and consuming countries is becoming ever more essential in today’s fast-changing global wood products business. For example, ten years ago, the United States and Japan drove the global wood products trade. Today, both are still critically important, but new consuming hot spots include Germany, the Middle East and China — and new commodity suppliers include the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Chile and Brazil.

Each of the 25+ countries covered are key ones that producers, exporters, importers and buyers of wood products need to be tracking — not only for softwood, but also for hardwood products. The dramatic changes of the last decade are expected to continue at an even faster pace, and this report will provide subscribers with a head start in better understanding and anticipating the next ten years of industry and market change.

KEY ELEMENTS of each country profiled:

KEY ATTRIBUTES





TABLE OF CONTENTS


GLOBAL OVERVIEW  

EUROPE

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

ASIA

NORTH AMERICA

GLOSSARY