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Radiata Pine shortage crimps U.S. domestic market

By Sam Sherrill, Deputy Editor, Crow's, RISI

Timber-import trade associations merge to European umbrella federation ETTF

12 August 2009: The interests of the European timber trade will be represented by the newly established umbrella organisation European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) in the future.

Timber carrier hijacked - is lumber worth doing this now?

Tuesday, 11^th of August 2009: An international maritime hunt is underway for a missing cargo ship which is thought to be the first hijacked vessel to be sailed through the English Channel in modern times.

Record losses of Global Forest Products Industry in 2008

TORONTO, June 24 /CNW/ - The Top 100 Forest, Paper and Packaging (FPP) companies from around the world saw net income tumble from positive $13.8 billion in 2007 to record losses of $8.0 billion in 2008, the first time this metric has been negative since 1996, the date PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) began the annual PwC Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Survey. This year's survey shows that:

Thermowood instead of Tropical Wood

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