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The Japanese Market for softwood Sawnwood and Changing Pacific Rim Wood Supply Conditions: Implications for US Pacific Northwest Producers

Authors: Guy Robertson and Thomas R. Waggener Executive SummaryJapan has long been Asia’s largest importer of softwood sawlogs and lumber and is the major destination for U.S- Pacific Northwest wood product exports. In the period lasting from 1980 to 1993, 3apan imported an annual average of 15.2 million CUM of softwood sawlogs and 5.4 million CUM […]

The Global Wooden Furniture Industry: An Emphasis on the Pacific Rim

Authors: P. M. Smith and H. O. Ma. IntroductionToday, one of the most important issues confronting firms is international competition (Porter 1988). The growing importance of international competition should be well recognized in terms of understanding competitors and formulating competitive strategy. The wooden furniture industry of the United States is facing growing competition from abroad. In the […]

A Preliminary Analysis of Timber and Timber Products Production, Consumption, Trade and Prices in the Pacific Rim Until 2000

Authors: Peter Cardellichio, Yeo Youn, Darius Adams, Rin Won Joo & John Chmelik Executive SummaryCINTRAFOR is engaged in the Pacific Rim Assessment (PRA), an ongoing analysis of forest products markets in the Pacific Rim. The primary objective of this research is to assess the future outlook for forest products production, consumption, trade, and prices in the […]

Potential Expansion of Soviet Far East Log Exports to the Pacific Rim

Authors: Peter Cardellichio, Clark Binkley and Vadim Zausaev Executive SummaryInternational trade in sawlogs and veneer logs is concentrated in the Pacific Rim. According to world forestry statistics (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, 1989), Japan, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and South Korea accounted for 72% of the world imports of sawlogs and […]

Pacific Rim Market Profile Forest Products Trade by Country

Author: Richard P. Vlosky IntroductionThis report brings together current available information on U.S. and Washington State trade in forest products with their trading partners in the Pacific Rim. General economic indicators and major trade patterns for each Pacific Rim country are presented.