American Hardwoods Represented in Multiple Southeast Asian Furniture
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www.woodpurchasingnews.com Vol. 39 No. 5 Serving Forest Products Buyers Worldwide April/May 2013 American Hardwoods Represented In Multiple Southeast Asian Furniture Shows By Michael Buckley Singapore – March welcomed furniture shows in six countries of Southeast Asia, ly through the efforts of the American Hardwood Export Council. squeezed into 13 days in six cities, thousands of miles apart, just prior to a round of The regional furniture industry continues to face soft demand in many of its key major shows in China. This set both buyers and exhibitors a Herculean task to cover export markets, not least in Europe and not yet much improved in the USA. New them all, but one way or another U.S. hardwoods were represented throughout, main- Additional photos on pages 12 & 14 Continued on page 15 Di Nguyen, AHEC, Reston, Va.; and Shigeki Tanaka and Bryan Chua, Northwest Hardwoods Inc., Tacoma, Wash. At MIFF, Chad Cotterill, Tioga Hardwood Inc., Berkshire, N.Y. WWPA Guest Speakers Deliver Timely Information By Wayne Miller Portland, Oregon – Members and guests of the Western Wood Products the traditional WWPA Industry Forecast Breakfast, and Hampton Affiliates CEO Association (WWPA) convened here recently at the Embassy Suites for the organi- Steve Zika later closed the speaker agenda. zationʼs annual meeting. Similar observations shared at the meeting both by Binam and later Zika, included: The three-day event was packed with speakers as well as networking opportunities. 2012 was a much-improved year for many lumber businesses with markets both in WWPA President and Chief Economist Kevin Binam welcomed attendees to begin the U.S. and Asia showing positive signs. Housing is on the mend and even with Additional photos on pages 10 & 12 Continued on page 13 Rock Belden, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Calif.; Rick Northrup, Ahren Spilker and Erol Deren, Idaho Kathleen and Chris Hughes, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Athol, Idaho; Russ and Beverly Tuvey, WWPA, Portland, Forest Group LLC, Grangeville, Idaho Ore.; and Steve Swanson, Swanson Group Inc., Glendale, Ore. Montreal Welcomes Gathering of Canadian Hardwood Bureau By Terry Miller and Wayne M iller Montreal, Quebec – Approximately 125 members and guests of the Canadian Hardwood Bureau (CHB) gathered here recently at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for an organizational meeting. The two-day event is organized yearly to provide those in the CHB an opportunity to come together, learn and network. An industry hockey game at the Complexe Sportif Bell, in Brossard, Que., opened this yearʼs CHB event. Additional photos on page 16 Continued on page 17 Address Service Requested Service Address PERMIT NO. 781 NO. PERMIT NASHVILLE, TN NASHVILLE, Memphis, TN 38184-0908 TN Memphis, U.S. POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE U.S. P.O. Box 34908 Box P.O. PRSRT STD The Import/Export Wood Purchasing News Purchasing Wood Import/Export The Don Tardie, Maine Woods Company LLC, Portage Lake, Maine; Andrew Schafer, Cut Rite Lumber Ltd., Toronto, Ont.; and George Evarts, G.H. Evarts & Co. Inc., Springfield, N.H. Page 2 Import/Export Wood Purchasing News Save The Date For AHEC European And Greater China/SE Asia Conventions For more information on AHEC and the export promotion programs, call (703)435-2900, fax (703)435-2537, or visit the website, www.ahec.org. The American Hardwood Export By Michael Snow Council (AHEC) will hold its next European Convention in the historic Executive Director Hungarian city of Budapest on October American Hardwood Export Council 24-25, 2013. Reston, Virginia After a very successful meeting in Warsaw in October 2011, AHEC wanted CHARLES CRAIG DENIS LEBLANC GRAZIANO PASQUALETTO DAVID WHITTEN He,Changchun, Shenyang and Dalian. to stay in Central Europe but take the Being the heart of the northeastern fron- Charles Craig is Denis Leblanc Graziano David Whitten event to a new country and city. tier of China and vice president has been handling Pasqualetto is the is the director Budapest is an exciting cultural center Russia, Harbin has of AHC Craig sales and pur- Board Member of of exports for and should provide easy access for become an impor- Imports and a chasing for Pr Romea Legnami Bingaman and European importers to attend. The con- tant strategic city sales executive imewood Lumber Group, a family Son Lumber vention will be held in the for the Heilongjiang for AHC Export Co., located in owned company Inc., headquar- Intercontinental Hotel in a great central provincial govern- Lumber, located Drummondville, with over 300 years tered in Kreamer, location right on the banks of the river ment to accelerate in Huntersville, Que., since 1995. of history in timber, Pennsylvania, Danube. development col- N.C. The company was headquartered in holding that posi- The proposed theme for the event will lectively with its The team at AHC founded in 1988. Mira, Venice, Italy. tion for 17 years. once again center on the environmental neighboring cities Craig Imports has Primewood main- Romea Legnami He is a 1978 credentials of U.S. hardwoods, and how and hence become been importing tains an inventory S.p.A. manufac- graduate of the marketing and promotion opportunities an important com- tropical lumber of 4 million board tures and process- Wood Harvesting can help strengthen the trade of U.S. ponent of north- since 1977 and feet of lumber and es timber products, VoTech school in hardwoods in Europe. eastern provincesʼ distributing to operates a VOG utilizing state-of- Calais, Maine. According to AHECʼs Director David modernization and economic develop- customers state-of-the-art the-art technolo- Whitten holds a Venables, “We wanted to keep the con- ment. Harbin and Xu Fang He of the throughout North sawmill. With a gies such as bachelorʼs vention focused on new business poten- cities of Heilongjiang are known for America and ground surface of square-edged, cut- degree in Com- tial as we believe that despite the cur- Chinaʼs timber trade hub with millions Mexico. Their 10,000 square to-size dimension, munication/English rent tough trading conditions, the long CUM of timber shipments to China. import division meters, flooring, strips, from Geneseo term prospects could see significant There are over 2000 solid timber prod- sells import lum- Primewood stor- squares, flitches State University growth for U.S. hardwoods in both exist- ucts enterprises located in Heilongjiang ber, from a single age capacity and sawn. in New York, and ing and emerging European markets. It and its neighboring provinces producing pack to container allows the compa- Romea Legnami in 1989 Whitten was good to see many new faces in furniture, flooring, doors and joinery to load quantities, ny to store, import handles a variety of graduated as Poland and we really hope the Budapest meet the growing demand of Chinaʼs shipping directly and export several products species president of the event will also attract new delegates as domestic as well as the overseas mar- to their cus- species. These such as : African 100th class of well as the many regulars that support kets. The Convention is confirmed to be tomers. Import include: Hard and Mahogany, the National us.” held in Harbin on June 20, 2013. This The convention is open to U.S. hard- Continued on page 18 Continued on page 18 Continued on page 18 Continued on page 18 yearʼs Convention will continue to pro- wood exporters and European traders, vide a platform for the U.S. hardwood distributors and manufacturers who industry to promote U.S. hardwood import U.S. Hardwoods applications further to furniture, door AHEC has also announced the location and flooring and joinery manufacturing THE of the next Greater China/SE Asian and interior design. The convention will Convention in Harbin. Harbin is the cap- also help to promote U.S. hardwood for ital of Heilongjiang and other neighbor- the consumer market in the most ing Northeastern provinces, such as Jilin dynamic environment and economic WASHINGTON and Liaoning provinces and development zones in the Northeastern Northeastern cities as Xu Fang region of China. n SCENE Forest Certification Will Be Key Tool years. • The local fringe benefit contribution will increase by $1 per hour. In Efforts To Crack Down On Illegal Logging • Random drug testing will be used in (From information gathered by promoting responsible forestry.” New York and New Jersey only if the ILA Releases Details of the Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) While forests certified to the SFI Waterfront Commission agrees to stop Master Contract Draft Kathy Standard exist only in the U.S. and testing ILA members. Washington and Stockholm – Abusow, president and CEO of the Canada where there is negligible risk of Subject to the drafting of final con- • New language has been negotiated to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Inc. illegal logging, and 98 percent of the tract language and acceptance by protect those who have been dis- (SFI), recently applauded the European fiber sourced by SFI Program the International Longshoremanʼs placed due to new technology and Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), which Participants for their North American Association (ILA) membership, United automation. took effect March 3 and prohibits illegal- facilities comes from the U.S. or States Maritime Alliance Ltd. (USMX) • Additional language has been negoti- ly harvested timber or products derived Canada, SFI has mechanisms to assess and the ILA have agreed as follows: ated to preserve chassis maintenance from such timber to be brought in the and address risks to avoid illegal • The new Master Contract will expire and repair work. European Union. sources of supply. In addition, in recog- on September 30, 2018. • New language has been negotiated to “Illegal logging undermines responsible nition that it takes a variety of interests, • The new Master Contract will not take beef up enforcement by the forest governance, damages wildlife mechanisms, policies and tools to effect until all local bargaining is con- Jurisdiction Committee of ILA jurisdic- habitat, and reduces the potential for address illegal logging and more impor- cluded.