Links
The following are links to organizations who provide useful information on wood products, international trade, and employment and production data.
- APA - The Engineered Wood Association - A non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of plywood, oriented strand board, structural composite panels, glulam, and wood I-joists.
- ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute - A non-profit organization that researches the environmental impact of buildings and building products.
- CEI-BOIS - European confederation of woodworking industries.
- China Market Development Program for US Building Materials - a 3-year market development and trade promotion program for China.
- COFI - Council of Forest Industries, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
- EPF - European Panel Federation.
- European Forest Institute - Data on European timber production and policy information.
- Evergreen Building Products Association - A non-profit membership organization interested in promoting US housing, building products, and related services to world export markets.
- Export Hotline - Contains thousands of research reports, a trade library, and market information on 80 countries.
- FAOSTAT Statistics Database - International statistics on production and trade of forest products.
- The Foreign Agricultural Service - U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Forestry @ Chile - Forest industry overview, Chile's major forestry companies, and associations.
- Forest Finland Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI - Downloadable reports, links to industry associations, and upcoming events.
- Forestweb - Includes daily forest products sector news, company information, and a wide variety of forest industry information.
- International WOOD MARKETS Group Inc - Includes RE Taylor & Associates Ltd. and International Wood Markets Research Inc. Provides research, analysis and strategic planning to the international wood products community.
- New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Forest Gate - Provides direct access to information on the Ministry's forestry activities, and includes information on forest growing, wood processing, forestry statistics and publications.
- Open Market Alliance is a national network of organizations and individuals that supports the rights of producers to sell their products into markets of their choosing.
- Political Economy Research Center - Research and policy analysis relating to land use issues.
- Quebec Wood Export Bureau - A non-profit promotional and technical organization established to stimulate the export of Quebec value-added wood products to overseas markets.
- RISI - Offers an array of news, price reporting, marketing data, forecasting and mill intelligence products for all sectors of the forest products industry around the world.
- Softwood Export Council - Industry Organization that promotes expansion of export markets for primary and secondary softwood products manufactured in the United States.
- Stat-USA - Source for market reports on specific countries and products, not limited to forest products.
- Steve Shook's Directory of Forest Products, Wood Science & Marketing - A comprehensive Internet directory of the forest products industry.
- Strategis - Excellent site by Industry Canada with data on Canadian and U.S. imports and exports.
- TIMBER Web - the World Timber & Forest Product Market online.
- U.S. International Trade, Foreign Trade Division of the Census Bureau - Product data by SIC and Harmonized code
- U.S. International Trade Commission - Interactive tariff and trade data.
- Washington Citizens For World Trade (WCWT) - A coalition of large and small tree farmers united in their support for open markets for private log exports.
- Washington State China Relations Council - A private non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting stronger commercial, educational and cultural relations between the state of Washington and the People's Republic of China.
- Window to Russia's Forest Industry and Ecology - A Russian Forest Industry consultant service.
- Woodweb: Woods of the World - Information about physical properties, appearance, and trade distribution by species.