NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. ABSTRACT The UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2000-2001 provides general and statistical information on forest products markets in the UN Economic Commission for Europe region (Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States). The Review begins with a general overview of the forest products markets, followed by a description of the economic situation in the region. Two special chapters are included this year: “Influence on Japanese demand for wood products” and “Romania’s forest products markets”. The market developments in five standard sectors, based on annual country-supplied statistics, are described for: wood raw materials, sawn softwood, sawn hardwood, wood-based panels and paper and paperboard. Regular chapters discuss markets for certified forest products, secondary processed wood products and tropical timber. In each chapter production, trade and consumption are analysed and relevant material on specific markets is included. Tables included with the text present detailed information and annex tables contain further reference material. ECE/TIM/BULL/54/3 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS ISSN 0259-4323 ECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2000-2001 __________________________________________________________iii C O N T E N T S Page Preface ............................................................................................................................................................ x Acknowledgements …............................................................................................................................................... xi Contributors to the publication ................................................................................................................................ xiv Data sources ............................................................................................................................................................ xvi Explanatory notes ..................................................................................................................................................... xvii Symbols and abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ xvii Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS IN 2000 AND EARLY 2001 ............................. 1 1.1 Forest products market developments in the UNECE region ..................................................... 2 1.2 Globalization of forest products markets ................................................................................... 5 1.3 Timber Committee forecasts for 2001 ....................................................................................... 6 Chapter 2 ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS IN 2000 AND EARLY 2001 ............................................................................................................... 7 2.1 General economic developments .............................................................................................. 8 2.2 Construction-sector developments ............................................................................................ 15 Chapter 3 ROMANIA'S FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS .............................................................................. 21 Secretariat introduction ...................................................................................................................... 22 3.1 General economic development ............................................................................................... 22 3.2 Forest resources ........................................................................................................................ 23 3.3 Institutional framework – forest policy ...................................................................................... 25 3.4 The effects of the transition process .......................................................................................... 25 3.5 Forest products industry – production and consumption ............................................................ 27 3.6 Trade of wood and wood products ............................................................................................. 28 3.7 Integration into the EU ............................................................................................................ 31 3.8 Prospects for the wood industry ................................................................................................ 32 Chapter 4 INFLUENCES ON JAPANESE DEMAND FOR WOOD PRODUCTS ............................................. 33 Secretariat introduction ...................................................................................................................... 34 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 34 4.2 Background .............................................................................................................................. 34 4.3 Wood use trends ....................................................................................................................... 35 4.4 General trends impacting wood use .......................................................................................... 40 4.5 Summary .................................................................................................................................. 41 4.6 References ................................................................................................................................ 42 Chapter 5 WOOD RAW MATERIAL - PRODUCTION, TRADE AND CONSUMPTION ............................. 43 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 44 5.1 UNECE region developments ................................................................................................... 44 5.2 Developments in EU/EFTA ...................................................................................................... 52 5.3 Developments in “Other Europe” ............................................................................................. 53 5.4 Developments in the CIS ......................................................................................................... 54 5.5 Developments in North America .............................................................................................. 54 5.6 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 56 Chapter 6 SAWN SOFTWOOD – CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION AND TRADE ..................................... 57 Secretariat introduction ...................................................................................................................... 58 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 58 6.2 Production and trade ................................................................................................................ 59 6.3 Intra Europe trade .................................................................................................................... 63 6.4 North America ......................................................................................................................... 65 6.5 Japan ........................................................................................................................................ 70 6.6 Plantation-sourced sawn softwood ............................................................................................ 71 6.7 Summary .................................................................................................................................. 71 6.8 References ................................................................................................................................ 72 iv __________________________________________________________ECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2000-2001 Chapter 7 SAWN HARDWOOD – CONSUMPTION, SUPPLY AND TRADE ............................................... 73 Secretariat introduction ...................................................................................................................... 74 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 74 7.2 UNECE market developments .................................................................................................. 74 7.3 North American market developments ..................................................................................... 76 7.4 European market developments ................................................................................................ 79 7.5 CIS market developments ........................................................................................................ 81 7.6 Future demand trends in the UNECE region