Sawn Softwood

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Sawn Softwood

• Timber Committee forecasts by Dr. Chris Gaston,
  Group Leader, Markets and Economics, Forintek
  Canada
• Expert presentations by
• Mr. Pierre Verneret, Director, Fédération
  Nationale du Bois, France
• Mr. Andrey Benin, General Director, Concern Lemo,
  Russian Federation

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Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market
Review 2001-2002 (1-4)

• Sawn softwood production in the UNECE region
  dropped almost 4.
• Consumption of sawn softwood ended a 3-year
  period of growth in the UNECE region in 2001.
• Consumption in the Russian Federation rose
  slightly, by 3.
• Continued growth in trade outside of the region.

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Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market
Review 2001-2002 (5-8)

• Sawn softwood exports dropped for EU/EFTA and
  Other Europe.
• Exports from Canada remained steady.
• United States exports of sawn softwood were at
  decade-long lows.
• United States sawnwood imports at an all-time
  high.

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Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market
Review 2001-2002 (9-12)

• 27.2 duty on US sawn softwood imports from
  Canada.
• Japan remains an important market.
• Trade patterns in 2001 were influenced by the
  strong dollar.
• The fall in value of the dollar will change the
  competitive position of exporters in 2002.

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Europe Sawn softwood
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Europe Sawn softwood
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North America Sawn softwood
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North America Sawn softwood
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Russian Federation Sawn softwood
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Russian Federation Sawn softwood
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Next presentation

• Mr. Pierre Verneret, Director,
• Fédération Nationale du Bois,
• Paris