UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA Value-added Forest Products Introduction by Ed Pepke Forest Products Marketing Specialist UNECE & FAO Timber Branch

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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,

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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 60 th Session seminar in Neuchâtel

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA Engineered Wood Products Glulam (glued, laminated beams) Wooden I-beams Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) Others –OSB –Oriented strand lumber

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA Wood I - Joist OSB LVL Oriented Strand Lumber LVL

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA Advantages of EWPs Efficient use of wood in manufacturing Reduced on-site construction time Reduced construction waste Predictable performance Technology meeting market needs

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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 Hungary: VAFPs represent 45% of trade.

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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 Account for 60% of export value in Romania: Furniture 46% of export value. Spain: Extensive social fabric of 236,000 workers, over half in furniture. Exports slowed in 2002.

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA 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.

UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Photo: APA Next speaker Mr. Jukka Tissari Market Development Officer—Wood Products International Trade Center Geneva