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Value-added Forest Products

Value-added Forest Products. Introduction by Ed Pepke Forest Products Marketing Specialist UNECE & FAO Timber Branch. Value-added forest products. Introduction by Ed Pepke, Forest Products Marketing Specialist, UNECE & FAO Timber Branch

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Value-added Forest Products

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  1. Value-added Forest Products Introduction by Ed Pepke Forest Products Marketing Specialist UNECE & FAO Timber Branch

  2. Value-added forest products • Introduction by Ed Pepke, Forest Products Marketing Specialist, UNECE & FAO Timber Branch • Mr. Jukka Tissari, Market Development Officer, International Trade Center, Geneva (co-author of chapter in Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2001-2002

  3. Sources of information • Forest Products Annual Market Review • APA—the Engineered Wood Product Assn. • USDA Forest Service, Princeton Forestry Sciences Lab, West Virginia • Innovative Uses of Wood, presentation by Dr. Al Schuler for Thursday’s 60th Session seminar in Neuchâtel

  4. Findings from Forest Products Annual Market Review • Multiple benefits from value-added processing attract policy makers • International trade barriers liberalized • International trade reached $33.7 billion in 2000, up by 27% • Furniture imports from developing countries fastest growth • Latin American profiled wood dominates USA

  5. Findings from Forest Products Annual Market Review • Asian suppliers gaining in Japan and Germany • Central and eastern European suppliers gaining market in Germany • Industrialized countries shifting manufacturing to cost-competitive countries • Tropical production and exports growing rapidly • Engineered wood products at record levels in North America

  6. Engineered Wood Products • Glulam (glued, laminated beams) • Wooden I-beams • Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) • Others • OSB • Oriented strand lumber

  7. LVL Oriented Strand Lumber LVL OSB Wood I- Joist

  8. Advantages of EWPs • Efficient use of wood in manufacturing • Reduced on-site construction time • Reduced construction waste • Predictable performance • Technology meeting market needs

  9. Outlook for EWPs in North America • Glulam: 7% growth in 2003 (from 2001) • I-beams: 14% growth • LVL: 19% growth • EWP plants doubled over last decade • Equivalent to 5% of sawnwood supply

  10. Findings from Country Market Statements • Czech Republic: Exports and prices rising. • Germany: Downturn in VAFP production in 2001 by ~4%. 5% drop in profit and employment. Decline expected in 2002. • Hungary: VAFPs represent 45% of trade.

  11. Findings from Country Market Statements • Latvia: Furniture exports grew 38% and builders’ joinery grew 7 fold in last 5 years. • Lithuania: VAFPs exports up 25% in 2001, up 20% more in 2002. Account for 60% of export value in 2002. • Romania: Furniture 46% of export value. • Spain: Extensive social fabric of 236,000 workers, over half in furniture. Exports slowed in 2002.

  12. Findings from Country Market Statements • Turkey: First time net exporter of VAFPs in 2001, expected to continue in 2002 (source: FPAMR, 2002). • United Kingdom: Timber frame manufacturers moving to prefabrication with EWPs, partly due to lack of skilled construction labour. • Yugoslavia: Of $50 million furniture produced, 60% exported in 2001.

  13. Next speaker Mr. Jukka Tissari Market Development Officer—Wood Products International Trade Center Geneva

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