Special chapters in former Forest Products Annual Market Reviews

Special chapters on current issues and developments in forest products markets in the UNECE region and its trading partners occurred in the Forest Products Annual Market Reviews in 2002 and prior years. Some of these chapters, for example on specific country markets, have value beyond the year of printing. The chapters may be found on website: http://www.unece.org.unecedev.colo.iway.ch/timber/mis/fpama.html

Note to readers: We have found that some chapters of the Review have a longer life than the Annual Market Review. The following is a listing of all the special chapters, including their most important sections, in order to give an idea of their contents. Back issues are available on the Timber Committee website or through the secretariat. In 2003 we stopped including special chapters.

Timber Bulletin – Volume LV (2002)

Chapter 3 "Market effects of wood promotion", 11 pages

Market and market effects
How to reach market effects by wood promotion
Wood promotion of recent years is a success story!
Successful organizations
Is wood promotion in danger?
References

Chapter 4 "Trade links strengthening as Turkey's forest sector is modernized. Turkey's forest products markets", 12 pages

General economic development
Forest resources
Institutional framework
Roundwood market
Forest products industries
Foreign trade of wood products
Wood furniture
Paper industry
Prospects for Turkey's wood markets

Chapter 5 "Chile's forest products markets - a plantation success story", 8 pages

General economic developments
Forest resources
Institutional framework for forest and wood industries
Wood industry – production and consumption
Trade of wood and wood products
Prospects for the future of the Chilean wood industry
Conclusion
References

Timber Bulletin – Volume LIV (2001)

Chapter 3 "Romania's Forest Products Markets", 12 pages

General economic developments
Forest resources
Institutional framework - forest policy
The effects of the transition process
Forest products industry – production and consumption
Trade of wood and wood products
Integration into the EU
Prospects for wood industry

Chapter 4 "Influence on Japanese demand for wood products", 10 pages

Background
Wood use trends
General trends impacting wood use
Summary
References

Timber Bulletin – Volume LIII (2000)

Chapter 3 "Effects of the December 1999 storms on European timber markets", 15 pages

Damage magnitude: the equivalent of 2 years' harvest in 3 days!
Market effects: potential enormous imbalances mitigated through sector solidarity
Comparisons with 1990 market effects: similar problems and solutions
Assistance by governments: quick and multi-dimensional responsiveness
Positive outcomes?
Conclusion

Chapter 4 "Poland's forest products markets", 12 pages

General economic developments
Forest resources
Institutional framework for forest and forest industries
Effects of the transition process
Integration into the EU
Forest industry – production and consumption
Trade of wood and wood products
Certified forest products
Prospects for wood industry

Chapter 5 "China's forest products markets", 19 pages

General socio-economic development
Forest resources
Institutional framework
Analysis and development of production of China's major forest products, 1981 to 1999
Development of China's forest product trade from 1981 to 1999
China's forests product trade in 1999
Consumption of major forest products, with international comparisons
Projections of demand and supply of China's forest products to 2010

Chapter 6 "Secondary processed wood products markets", 10 pages

Secondary processed wood products
Main flows and trade patterns
Market profiles
Conclusion

Chapter 11 "Engineered wood products – production, trade, consumption and outlook", 16 pages

Current market situation
Production, consumption and trade statistics
Outlook for EWPs
Conclusions

Timber Bulletin – Volume LII (1999)

Chapter 3 "Estonia's Forest Products Market", 7 pages

General economic development
Forest resources
Institutional framework
Forest industry
Trade of wood and wood products

Chapter 4 "New Zealand's Forest Products Market", 7 pages

Background to New Zealand's plantation forestry sector
Market conditions
Forestry production and trade 1998/1999

Chapter 5 "Trade Restrictions and the Future", 10 pages

The question of market access
Trends in tariffs and non-tariff measures
Trade impediments
Implications of further trade liberalization

Chapter 6 "Forest Products in the Electronic Market Place", 6 pages

WWW-sites for forest products trade
North American and European electronic commerce
The role of the ECE Trade Division in electronic commerce

Chapter 13 "Tropical Timber Developments", 16 pages, (has since become annual chapter)

Production, exports, imports
Tropical timber consumption and price trends
Strengthening Asian currencies