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Assessing market opportunities for Washington’s forest products industry

Project: Wood supply gap analysis in Indian market and predicting the opportunity for US softwood lumber exports to India

Forecast of India’s logs and lumber demand
Forecast of India’s logs and lumber demand

Key takeaways on the opportunity for US lumber exports to India

  • Log supply shortage in the region will be the primary reason for a supply-demand gap (30 million m3)
  • New Zealand’s market growth will stabilize soon
  • Malaysia’s log exports will continue to drop
  • Suriname and other African countries will play an important role
  • Indian importers will have to diversify the log import sources in the future

Promoting sustainable bioenergy products through international trade policy research

Project: Evaluating the export potential of waste biomass-based bioenergy products to Japan


Exploring opportunities for US wood in global low-carbon development

Project: Opportunities for US wood in mass timber construction in the tropics


Enabling the adoption of US wood products
in international locations

Project: Testing termite resistance of treated US softwood lumber in Thailand

Testing termite resistance in US softwood