What you’ll read about

• The rising pressures on commodity prices — why, where and for how long!
• The potentially good news on housing starts and consumption — what does it mean in terms of commodity prices?
• Where global timber pressures may occur — both deficiencies and surpluses!
• Offshore countries that are competitive threats to North American producers domestically and in export markets.
• What is the role of China — is it really a customer or is it the ultimate competitor?
• The winners and losers in the OSB versus plywood “capacity wars” in the U.S.
• The ongoing struggle of particleboard versus MDF — and how do imports fit in?

Our five-year forecasts and extensive reference tables and graphs make Wood Markets 2006 an indispensable business and marketing tool. No other publication offers as much historical data, forecasts and international perspectives in one comprehensive reference book — and for ALL the key solid wood products as well as timber!

With price forecasts, supply/demand outlooks and a summary of export trends, Wood Markets 2006 delivers the facts, the figures and the forecasts that every executive needs to stay on course in the volatile solid wood products business. In over 400 easy-to-read pages, the world’s wood market’s facts will be at your fingertips!

THE FACTS

A global database of diffi cult-to-source information, statistics and analysis on some of the following:

• Major trends in the North American and global solid wood markets.
• Identifi cation of new supplier trends, both domestic and imported, as well as in engineered and other products.
• Summaries of supply and demand trends for logs, lumber, engineered wood and panels in North America and offshore markets.
• Identifi cation of various trends impacting the distribution channels.

THE FORECASTS

Our international experience, coupled with an extensive network of global contacts, provides industry stakeholders with:

• Five-year forecasts on production and consumption in lumber and panel markets for the USA, Canada and selected countries.
• Timber supply perspectives in North America and offshore regions.
• Exporter trends: by key country to major markets.
• Importer trends by supplier to the USA and other markets.
• Five-year price forecasts on key lumber and panel commodities.

THE FIGURES

WOOD Markets 2006 is designed to offer readers a consolidated summary of global market statistics, information and forecasts by:

• Displaying extensive historical data series and forecasts in clear, concise graphs and summary tables.
• Summarizing each chapter with a valuable Statistics-at-a-Glance section of production, consumption, imports, exports and prices.

ESSENTIAL BUSINESS TOOL

If there is one Complete Reference Guide for the Solid Wood Products Industry to have, THIS IS IT! It’s an essential business and planning resource for companies looking for a competitive advantage, including:

• Forest Industry Executives
• Sales & Marketing Managers
• Production Managers
• Timberland Owners/TIMOs
• Exporters & Importers
• Transportation Companies
• Financial Analysts & Banks
• Governmental Forestry Departments

A focused overview of forecasts, issues and trends for busy executives.

ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL TRADE

A critique of key North American and global economic forecasts, as well as trends impacting international wood products trade over the next fi ve years, including:
    - Economic growth and housing start trends and forecasts for North America and key export markets in the Pacifi c Rim and Europe.
    - International trade summaries for the U.S. and selected offshore exporting/importing countries.

TIMBER SUPPLY

Global timber supply dynamics continue to impact international lumber and panel prices. We feature:
    - Summaries of regional timber harvests in Canada, the U.S. and other offshore regions.
    - Global timber overview of timber harvests, exports and imports by major supplier.
    - A summary of the trends and issues impacting supply/demand in the next decade, including plantations and illegal logging.

SOFTWOOD LUMBER

Lumber continues to be the most volatile, unpredictable product in world wood products’ trade. This major page chapter will feature analysis on a range of issues, segments and products for both North American and offshore markets, including the following:
    - Detailed fi ve-year forecast on production, import and export trends for the U.S. and Canada.
    - Export market profi le by major country.
    - Special Feature in WOOD Markets 2006: U.S. Lumber Segment Analysis by Product and End- Use Market. A variety of lumber products and end-use segments will again be profiled: MSR, Studs, 2x3 Lumber, Treated Wood, Western Red Cedar, I-Joists, LVL, Engineered Wood, Non-Wood Substitutes, Mouldings, Doors, Flooring Products, Distribution Channels, Retailers, etc.
    - Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. and U.S. production and the impact of duties.
    - Five-year price forecasts on a dozen key lumber products.

STRUCTURAL PANELS

The dynamics of U.S. softwood plywood and OSB capacity vs. demand will include:
    - North American fi ve-year supply/demand: how total OSB production could suppress prices!
    - What are the options for plywood and where does LVL fi t in?
    - Offshore export to the U.S. and export market trends for OSB and plywood.
    - Five-year price forecasts on key OSB and plywood products.

NON-STRUCTURAL PANELS

Rising MDF capacity and the impact of offshore imports are still of concern to American and European producers. We look at trends, including where North American particleboard fi ts in versus MDF and the emerging role of imports:
    - A review of MDF and particleboard capacity in North America and globally.
    - Supply/demand analysis for MDF and particleboard in the U.S. and Canada.
    - Five-year price forecasts for MDF and particleboard products.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND CONVERSIONS

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