United States – Page 2

A Characterization of the Residential Deck Market in the US

Authors: Steven R. Shook, Ivan L. Eastin, Samuel J. Fleishman AbstractApproximately 85 percent of all single family homes in the US include a deck or deck-like structure (e.g., patio, porch, or balcony), which is equivalent to roughly 30 million decks. Sixty percent of all new homes are constructed with a deck, while nearly 2.75 million decks […]

A Study of the Effects of the Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement

Author: Jun Fukuda AbstractThe trade of softwood lumber between the United States and Canada is one of the major forest products trade flows in the world. Since 1996, exports from the four major softwood lumber producing provinces in Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec) into the US have been regulated by the voluntary export restraint […]

Wastepaper in the United States: Outlook for Wastepaper Consumption to the Year 2002

Author: Vicente Cárdenas Executive SummaryThis paper provides a projection of wastepaper consumption for the year 2002. Such a projection is difficult because there is no existing database to characterize how wastepaper gets used in each end product yet we know from fragmentary sources that uses are changing. A procedure was developed to allocate collection to uses […]

The Changing Japanese Housing Market: An Assessment of US Export Strategies for Prefabricated Wooden Housing and Building Materials

Authors: Ivan L. Eastin and Anne Rahikainen Executive SummaryIntroductionThe Japanese market for prefabricated homes and wooden building materials has tremendous potential for US firms, particularly those located in the Pacific Northwest. For example, exports of prefabricated housing to Japan increased by 51% from 1994 to 1995, with 81% of these exports originating from the Pacific Northwest. […]

Softwood Substitution in the US Residential Construction Industry

Executive SummaryMaterial substitution in the residential construction industry is driven by a variety of factors including product availability, product performance, price, price stability, and in-place costs. As competition between softwood lumber and substitute products increases, managers need to understand end-users’ changing perceptions of softwood lumber and the competitive position of softwood lumber vis a vis […]

An Examination of the US Pulp and Paper Industry

Authors: Anne Rahikainen, Dorothy Paun, Lynn Catlett IntroductionThe pulp and paper industry ended its four-year slump and enjoyed record-breaking profits in 1994. The unprecedented magnitude and speed of this recovery was due to the timely confluence of many factors: improving economies in Europe and North America resulted in a large increase in consumption of pulp and […]