Authors: Bruce Lippke, Rose Braden, Scott Marshall Executive SummaryThe Pacific Northwest (PNW) forest sector is strategically linked to Pacific Rim markets, as it has been at a competitive disadvantage with the US South and interior Canada in delivering wood products to the population dense eastern and southern US markets. Deep-water port access to Asia however, has […]
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 […]
Authors: Ivan L. Eastin, Tom C. Ossinger, Roger B. Williams, Steven R. Shook, Robert Hashizume and Joseph A. Roos Executive SummaryAnecdotal information from US architects and contractors with experience in residential construction projects in Japan indicates that Japanese construction professionals often do not fully understand the North American-style 2×4 construction system and often employ construction techniques […]
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 […]
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: Samuel J. Fleishman and Ivan L. Eastin. Executive SummaryArgentina’s geography, demographic profile, and level of infrastructural development are very favorable in comparison to other possible sources of plantation timber. It has a highly-educated population of over 35 million people who are generally more sophisticated and accustomed to a higher standard of living than those in […]
Authors: Samuel J. Fleishman, Ivan L. Eastin and Steven R. Shook Executive SummaryThe US residential construction industry, traditionally the largest market for softwood lumber, has undergone a period of uncharacteristically rapid change over the past decade. The effects of timber harvest restrictions in federal and state forests on softwood lumber price, price volatility, and product quality, […]
IntroductionPULP (pulp) n. 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter. 2. A magazine or book containing lurid subjectmatter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition (1993)Many commodity products have similar characteristics. They are relatively homogenous products that can be produced using readily available technology, and are traded internationally […]
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