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| Timber and Timber products |
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| Size of production (4/14/2008) |
 The European commission on Forest-Based Industries (F-BI) has recognised the following sectors of forest-based industries: forestry, woodworking, pulp and paper manufacturing and related activities (paper and board converting, printing).
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| Forecast for EU production per product group (4/14/2008) |
 Probably the most important human influence on the development of forest resources is the amount of fellings. It also one of the main factors affecting the volume of growing stock and annual increment.... more |
| The trends in timber products in the EU (4/14/2008) |
 As already mentioned above, wood has increasingly become more important as an energy source, in a attempt to mitigate climate change. The rising interest in wood energy has various causes, related to the annual average price for crude oil...... more |
| Market segmentation (4/14/2008) |
 Next to the construction sector, the processing industry is a major channel for timber, the most important one being the furniture industry. According to the Federation of European Furniture manufacturers (UEA), around 45% of the total production value of the furniture industry consists of the purchase of specific raw timber materials. There is a strong interdependence between wood-based industries (carpentry) and the furniture industry.... more |
| Market size (4/14/2008) |
 On an aggregate level, the EU market is the largest consumer and importer of timber and timber products. On a country level, a different picture exists and global imports are led by the USA, increasingly less by Japan and increasingly more by China. The latter country mainly imports raw materials and exports finished timber products.... more |
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