Authors: Rosemarie Braden and Bob Tichy Executive SummaryThe South Korean (Korea) market for wood frame housing and building materials has gained more attention from US manufacturers and exporters in recent years. From the end of the Korean War until the recent Asian economic crisis, the Korean economy demonstrated strong growth, making it the eleventh leading economy […]
Author: Rosemarie Braden Executive SummaryDuring 1997 South Korea (Korea) imported almost $300 million in primary and secondary wood products from the US, making it the third largest export market for US wood producers. While almost 41% of the value of wood product exports was derived from unprocessed logs, this number is down 85% since 1983. The […]
Authors: Gerard F. Schreuder, Richard P. Vlosky and Yeo Chang Youn IntroductionHistorically, South Korea has played a key role in global forest products trade. In the seventies for example, it was one of the world’s greatest producers of plywood. Presently however, recent events have compromised this position. One of these has been the ban of log […]
