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FOREST PRODUCTS ARCHIVED MARKET NEWS - 1999 TO 2002

Welcome to the Forest Products Archived Market News. Here you will find articles that were written by the Forest Products staff. You may read the articles online or download to your own system. 

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March 2002 May 2001 March 1999
April 2001  

CURRENT FOREST PRODUCTS MARKET NEWS

 

DATE PUBLISHED TO SITE

TITLE OF FOREST PRODUCTS ARTICLE

December 2002 Vietnam's Emerging Markets
By Tony Halstead, Agricultural Economist
December 2002

Building Natural and Cultural Components In The Caribbean
By Lashonda McLeod, Agricultural Marketing Specialist

September 2002 U.S. Wood Product Exports To Mid-East Stable Despite Anti-American Sentiment
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Marketing Specialist  
September 2002 The Mexican Maquiladora Wood Products Trade:  Overview and Opportunities
By Lashonda McLeod and Derek Lieberman, Agricultural Marketing Specialists
September 2002 Malaysia Strengthens Forest Policies
By Tony Halstead, Agricultural Economist
September 2002 Character Marked U.S. Hardwoods In Japan
By Doreen Chen-Moulec, Agricultural Marketing Specialist
June 2002 Growing South African Wine Exports Create Opportunities for American White Oak and Cooperage Products
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Marketing Specialist
June 2002 Japan-Window of Opportunities
By Doreen Chen-Moulec, Agricultural Marketing Specialist and Kyle Cunningham, Intern Agricultural Economist
March 2002

Changing Requirements For Wood Packing Material
By Michael Hicks, Trade Policy Coordinator

March 2002 Success Story – Glue Laminated Timbers In Taiwan
By Doreen Chen-Moulec, Agricultural Economist
March 2002 Taiwan’s Accession To The World Trade Organization
By Tony Halstead, Agricultural Economist
March 2002 Trends And Growth In British Construction Present Opportunities For U.S. Wood Products
By William Bomersheim, Agricultural Marketing Specialist
December 2001 What is the Supplier Credit Guarantee Program?
By Jaime Rothschild, FFPD Deputy Director of Marketing
December 2001 Reconstruction Creates Opportunities in El Salvador
By Rachel Hodgetts, Agricultural Economist
December 2001 Solid Wood Products, Before and After the Asian Financial Crisis
By Tony Halstead, Agricultural Economist
September 2001 Management and Allocation of the Forest Resources in British Columbia
By Rachel Hodgetts, Agricultural Economist
September 2001 China Solid Wood Products Market Update
By Tony Halstead, Agricultural Economist
September 2001 Increasing European Furniture Imports Reveal Industry Changes
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Marketing Specialist
September 2001 Recent Reports From FAS Overseas Offices
By Rachel Hodgetts, Agricultural Economist
June 2001 Update On Enlargement Of The European Union
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Marketing Specialist
June 2001 Burma Solid Wood Products Market Update
By Tony Halstead, Agricultural Economist
June 2001 Opportunities For The Materials Handling Market In Mexico
By Rachel Hodgetts, Agricultural Economist
June 2001 Southern Yellow Pine Is Proven To Be Stronger Than Competing Species
By Rachel Hodgetts, Agricultural Economist
June 2001 Saudi Arabia: Market for Forest Products (Hardwoods)
By Derek S. Lieberman, Agricultural Economist
May 2001 EU to Require Treatment of Coniferous Non-Manufactured Wood Packing Material
By Michael Hicks, Trade Policy Coordinator
April 2001 Vietnam: Market for Forest Products (Hardwoods)
Submitted by the Foreign Agricultural Service’s Agricultural Affairs Office in Hanoi
April 2001 Russia: Annual Forest Products Report
Submitted by the Foreign Agricultural Service’s Agricultural Affairs Office in Moscow
December 2000 Brazilian and Chilean Competition in the Worldwide Market for Plywood and Softwood Lumber
By Andrew Salamone, Agricultural Economist
December 2000 U.S. Solid Wood Exports to Europe: Trends and Outlook
By William Bomersheim, Agricultural Economist
December 2000 China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: Trends and Outlook
By Roseanne Freese, Agricultural Economist
September 2000 China Announces WTO Offer for Wood Products
By Roseanne Freese, Agricultural Economist
September 2000 U.S. Solid Wood Opportunities in Panama
By Andrew Salamone, Agricultural Economist
September 2000 Japan Announces Further Steps to Deregulate Housing Sector
By Michael Hicks, Trade Policy Coordinator
September 2000 Revised Addition of FFPD's Guide to Exporting Solid Wood Products - Available Online!
By Lincoln Flake, Agricultural Specialist
June 2000 After The Storms: Impact of the December 1999 Storms Which Hit Europe
By William Bomersheim, Agricultural Economist
June 2000 Opportunities in Central America
By Andrew Salamone, Agricultural Economist
June 2000 Has Oceania's Softwood Market Been Overlooked?
By Anita Katial-Zemany, Agricultural Marketing Specialist
June 2000 The Outlook For U.S. Solid Wood Exports In An Increasingly Competitive World Market.  Part I: The Scope and Direction of U.S. and World Trade in Solid Wood
(The first in a three part series)
By Roseanne Freese, Agricultural Economist
April 2000 Wood Products Exports To Benefit from Japan's Housing Policy Measures
By Craig Jenkins, Agricultural Economist and Michael Hicks, Trade Policy Coordinator
April 2000 Japan's Use of Kiln-Dried Lumber and Glulam Set To Accelerate
By Craig Jenkins, Agricultural Economist
April 2000 Record Exports to France in 1999; Outlook for 2000 Cloudy
By William Bomersheim, Agricultural Economist
April 2000 Dominican Republican: An Increasingly Important Market for US Panel Producers
By Andy Salamone, Agricultural Economist
February 29, 2000 FAS and U.S. Industry Representatives Tackle Japanese on Wood Products/Housing
By Casey Bean, Agricultural Attaché, FAS/Tokyo
March 1999 U.S. Softwood Plywood Exports To The EU Under Pressure
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Economist
March 1999 EU Acceptance For American OSB?
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Economist
March 1999 U.S. Lumber Exports To The EU Hold Steady in 1998
By William P. Bomersheim, Agricultural Economist
March 1999 U.S. Wood Products Trade With Canada
By Shari Kosco, Agricultural Economist
 
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