Maksymets, Olena and Lönnstedt, Lars
(2015).
Trends in markets for forest-based products and consequences for selected countries.
Open Journal of Forestry. 5
, 697-710
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojf.2015.57062
Abstract
The forest sectors in many regions and countries are facing a need to change their structure, due to the development of new markets, emergence of new competitors, and shifts in production and consumption patterns for forest products. This article focuses on recent changes in the trade in these products, on imports and exports of four countries (USA, Sweden, Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, China) during the period from 1995 to 2011. For this purpose we use explanatory data analysis, time series analysis, benchmarking, meta-synthesis and content analysis of scientific and business publications concerning national and global trends in forest product industries. Data sources are various organizations’ databases of international trade in forest-based products in both monetary and physical terms (cubic meters and tons). The results show that the US and Swedish forest sectors are adversely affected by downturns in both their domestic and foreign markets during the study period, while the Ukrainian sector maintains exports of low value-added products at roughly constant levels (except that particle-board exports increase). China maintains production quantities of low value-added forest-based products, but also substantially increases exports of high-value added products. The results may facilitate efforts to forecast future trends and provide useful information and methodological approaches for future studies of interest to industry representatives, policy-makers and researchers.
Authors/Creators: | Maksymets, Olena and Lönnstedt, Lars |
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Title: | Trends in markets for forest-based products and consequences for selected countries |
Series/Journal: | Open Journal of Forestry (2163-0429) |
Year of publishing : | 2015 |
Volume: | 5 |
Page range: | 697-710 |
Number of Pages: | 14 |
Publisher: | Scientific Research Publishing |
Associated Programs and Other Stakeholders: | SLU - Environmental assessment > Programme Forest |
ISSN: | 2163-0429 |
Language: | English |
Publication Type: | Journal article |
Refereed: | Yes |
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed |
Version: | Published version |
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
Full Text Status: | Public |
Agris subject categories.: | E Economics, development, and rural sociology > E71 International trade K Forestry > K10 Forestry production |
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Forest Science |
Agrovoc terms: | forest products, international trade, forestry |
Keywords: | New markets, Forest-based products, Competition, International trade in forest products, Forest product companies |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3725 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3725 |
ID Code: | 13314 |
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences |
Department: | (S) > Dept. of Forest Products (until 180101) |
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector |
Deposited On: | 10 Oct 2016 08:40 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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