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Country Market Statements

UNECE  Timber Committee 
Sixty-sixth session 21-24 October 2008


Country market statements address the following subjects:

           1.  General economic trends affecting the forest and forest industries sector 

           2.  Policy measures taken in your country over the past 18 months, which might have a
                bearing on trade and markets of forest products. 

           3.  Market drivers 

           4.  Developments in forest products markets sectors (major emphasis)  

    A.                 Wood raw materials (e.g. roundwood: sawlogs, and pulpwood and fuelwood)

    B.                 Wood energy, with a focus on government policies promoting wood energy

    C.                Certified forest products

    D.                Value-added wood products

    E.                 Sawn softwood

    F.                Sawn hardwood (temperate and tropical)

    G.                Wood-based panels (particle board, fibreboard and MDF, OSB, plywood)

    H.                  Pulp and paper

           5.  Tables 
                 Economic indicators 
                 Forest products production and trade in 2007, 2008 and 2009.  These tables, organized by product, can be found here after the meeting.

Specific topics for this year can be found in the cover letter addressed to Timber Committee Heads of Delegation


The Committee encouraged delegations to submit Country Market Statements in electronic format.  The following Market Statements were received and are set out below without any changes or editing.  Other member countries wishing to be added to the list are invited to send their texts to the secretariat at the address below.
Documents are available in  PDF   format in the original languages received by the secretariat. 
                             To read documents in PDF format you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.  This software 
                              is free-of-charge and is available from the official Adobe WWW site: [ACROBAT]
COUNTRY MARKET STATEMENT
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Austria Austria
Belgium Belgium
Bosnia and Herezegovina Bulgaria
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus Cyprus
Czech Republic Czech
Denmark Denmark
Estonia Estonia
Finland Finland
France France
Germany Netherlands
Ireland Netherlands
Italy Italy
Latvia Latvia
The Netherlands Netherlands
Norway NetherlandsNorway
Poland Poland
Russian Federation Poland
Serbia Serbia
Slovak Republic Netherlands
Spain Spain
Sweden Netherlands
Switzerland Switzerland
United Kingdom United Kingdom
USA USA

Information about the documents or any other aspect of the Committee's work may be obtained from the secretariat:
E-mail: [email protected]
Timber Section
UNECE Trade and Timber Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 GENEVA 10
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 917 00 41