Authors: Ivan L. Eastin, Steven R. Shook and Wendy Sammarco Executive SummaryCurrently, less than one percent of the private and industrial timberlands in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are managed for hardwood production. In order to provide an incentive to manage the hardwood resource actively, hardwood stumpage prices must be consistently competitive with conifer stumpage prices, although […]
Author: Hakan Ekstrom Executive SummaryWashington State Hardwood Sawmilling Industry 1990Hardwood lumber production in Washington grew 93 percent over the period 1980-90. This compares with softwood lumber growth of 24 percent and a national growth rate for hardwood lumber production of just 21 percent over the same period. Hardwood species like red alder, which were until […]
Authors: Thomas R. Waggener, Gerard F. Schreuder and Ivan L. Eastin IntroductionThis case study deals with the tropical hardwood producers of the Asian-Pacific region. But since these countries must also be seen within the broader context or global-especially Pacific Rim – patterns of production, trade, and consumption of wood products, a total of twenty-four countries were […]
Author: Ivan Eastin Executive SummaryThe vast majority of tropical hardwood timber reserves are located in the developing regions of Southeast Asia, West Africa and South America. Many of the countries in these regions, faced with a shortage of foreign exchange and a lack of capital for developing manufacturing facilities, regard their tropical forest reserves as a […]
Authors: Craig Buhler, David G. Briggs SummaryAlthough comprising a small fraction of the forest resource in the Pacific Northwest (PNS), the region’s hardwoods are becoming an increasingly important sector in terms of both domestic and overseas markets. This has occurred despite a generally negative attitude among foresters and the general public. This attitude has been fostered […]
G. F. Schreuder, T. R. Waggener and M. P. Clasby. IntroductionThis study was done to explore the possibility of exporting charcoal from the Seward, Alaska area. In investigating any product’s market feasibility, three general cost areas are examined: Production, Transportation, Marketing and Selling. While all three areas are of importance, the purpose of this marketing […]
