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  1. Wood products used in new residential construction in the U.S. and Canada, 2003 : with comparisons to 1998 and 1995

    Data files for U.S., Canada manufactured home builder practice tabulations.

    Author(s):
    Wood Products Council; United States. Forest Service
    Year:
    2005
    Keywords:
    Forest products, statistics, house construction, wood products, forest products industry, United States, Canada, construction industry, wooden buildings, housing, wood utilization
    Source:
    Tacoma, WA : Wood Products Council, c2005: 24 pages.

  2. The Carbon Impacts of Wood Products

    Wood products have many environmental advantages over nonwood alternatives. Documenting and publicizing these merits helps the future competitiveness of wood when climate change impacts are being considered. The manufacture of wood products requires less fossil fuel than nonwood alternative building materials such as concrete, metals, or plastics. By nature, wood is...

    Author(s):
    Richard Bergman; Maureen Puettmann; Adam Taylor; Kenneth E. Skog
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    storage, wood, substitution, alternatives, GHG, carbon, bio-energy
    Source:
    Forest Prod. J. Volume 64, Number 7/8, 2014; pp. 220–231.

  3. 2006 : Wood Products Used in New Residential Construction U.S. and Canada, with Comparisons to 1995, 1998 and 2003 : Executive Summary

    The construction of new single family, multifamily, and manufactured housing is an important market for wood products in both the United States and Canada. Annual wood products consumption is dependent on many factors, including the number of new units started, the size of units started, architectural characteristics, and consumer preferences. In 2006, about 39 percent...

    Author(s):
    Craig Adair; David B. McKeever
    Year:
    2009
    Keywords:
    House construction, Canada, United States, construction industry, statistics, wooden-frame houses, market surveys, building materials, prices, market prices, marketing, economic aspects, consumption, supply, demand, supply balance, wooden-frame buildings, wooden buildings, wood utilization, forest products, forest products industry, wood products, housing
    Source:
    Wood Products Council. 2009; 169 p.

  4. Understanding key issues of sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest.

    Researchers involved with the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station Sustainable Wood Production Initiative have outlined some of the barriers and opportunities for sustainable wood production in the region. Sustainable wood production is defined as the capacity of forests to produce wood, products, and services on a long-term basis and in the context of human...

    Author(s):
    Robert L. Deal; Seth M. White
    Year:
    2005
    Keywords:
    Pacific Northwest, sustainable forestry, wood production, timber harvest, land use changes, economics
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-626. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 67 p

  5. Trends in the highway market for wood products

    Forty-eight million cubic feet of wood products, about 50 million dollars worth, were used in the Nation's highway construction program in 1972. Expenditures for highway construction increased 2½ times from 1954 to 1972. The volume of wood products used in highway construction changed little during this period because other materials were substituted for...

    Author(s):
    Robert G. Knutson
    Year:
    1975
    Keywords:
    wood use on highways, highway market, highway construction
    Source:
    Research Note NE-210. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

  6. Southern Exports of Wood Products 1968-80

    Exports of wood products from the South have risen sharply since the mid 1970's. Lumber shipments are the largest export group, while panel products have exhibited the fastest growth. Hardwood logs, wood chips, and prefabricated wooden structures have been the primary contributors to the growth of roundwood and miscellaneous wood product exports. Western Europe...

    Author(s):
    Harold W. Wisdom; James E. Granskog; R. J. Peeler
    Year:
    1983
    Keywords:
    Foreign trade, hardwood exports, softwood exports
    Source:
    Res. Pap. SO-193. New Orleans, LA: USDA For. Serv. South. For. Exp. Stn. 20p

  7. Carbon in U.S. forests and wood products, 1987-1997: state-by-state estimates

    Estimated changes in carbon stocks are reported for the forests and wood products of the 50 U.S. States. Carbon stocks on forest land and in harvested wood products increased between 1987 and 1997 at an annual rate of 190 million metric tons. Most of this increase was in biomass, followed closely by wood products and landfills. Changes in land use since 1987 caused a...

    Author(s):
    R.A. Birdsey; G.M. Lewis
    Year:
    2003
    Keywords:
    global change, forest carbon, forest inventory
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-310. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 42 p.

  8. China: changing wood products markets

    In the 1980's, China emerged as the world's second largest importer of forest products and the second largest importer of U.S. forest products. However, U.S. wood products exports to China declined nearly 93 percent from 1988 to 1996, from >/=448 million to >/=33 million. Little is known about the reasons that caused this decline. Less is probably known...

    Author(s):
    Daowei Zhang; Junchang Liu; James Granskog; Jianbang Gan
    Year:
    1998
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Forest Products Journal. 48(6): 14-20.

  9. Factors affecting social media adoption among wood products consumers

    As a result of the rise of the digital market, social media has emerged as one of the most popular marketing tools. Consumers today increasingly rely on social media when shopping, and thus it can influence consumer behavior and purchasing decisions. Similarly, a growing number of wood products companies are using a variety of social media approaches for their...

    Author(s):
    Kathryn Arano Gazal; Iris B. Montague; Janice K. Wiedenbeck
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    Social media, wood products, digital market
    Source:
    BioProducts Business. 4(5): 51-62. https://doi.org/10.22382/bpb-2019-005.​

  10. ​Love it or leave it: What do millennials really think of wood products?

    In the past, the wood products industry has often struggled with effectively marketing products to the public. With the increase of globalization and wood substitutions, the industry may need new ways to attract customers. Targeting younger customers who have recently joined the buyer's market may be a way to increase the industry's market share and customer...

    Author(s):
    Iris Montague; Kassandra Stout; Rubin Shmuslsky
    Year:
    2021
    Keywords:
    millennial attitudes, industry perceptions, social media, millennial females, wood products industry
    Source:
    Forest Products Journal.​ 71(2): 150-160.

  11. Wood products used for residential repair and remodeling in the United States, 1991

    Large amounts of lumber and wood panel products are used annually for the repair and remodeling of residential structures and properties in the United States. In response to the need by government and industry for detailed information on this important market for timber products, a study was conducted by the Timber Demand and Technology...

    Author(s):
    D. B. McKeever; R. G. Anderson
    Year:
    Keywords:
    Wood products, Residential institutions, Dwellings, Repairing, Home maintenance, Household expenditure
    Source:
    (Resource bulletin FPL ; RB-19):25 p. : ill ; 28 cm.

  12. Effect of non-tariff barriers on secondary processed wood product trade: New Zealand exports to the United States, China and Japan

    Secondary processed wood products - builder's carpentry and joinery, moldings and millwork, wooden furniture, and prefabricated buildings - have grown significantly in importance in the global trade of wood products. At the same time there has been increased use of non-tariff barriers to restrict their trade.  These barriers could have an important impact on the...

    Author(s):
    James A. Turner; Joseph Buongiorno; Shushuai Zhu; Frances Maplesden
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Secondary processed wood products, non-tariff barriers, trade, spatial equilibrium model, econometrics
    Source:
    New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 38(2/3):299-321

  13. Updating of U.S. Wood Product Life-Cycle Assessment Data for Environmental Product Declarations

    The marketplace has an increasing desire for credible and transparent product eco-labels based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) data, especially involving international trade. Over the past several years, stakeholders in the U.S. wood products industry have developed many such “eco-labels” under the ISO standard of LCA-based environmental product declarations (EPDs). The...

    Author(s):
    Richard Bergman; Elaine Oneil; Maureen Puettmann; Ivan Eastin; Indroneil Ganguly
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    CORRIM, life-cycle inventory, environmental product declarations, EPD, LCI, LCA
    Source:
    In: Proceedings, 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering. Quebec City, Canada, August 10-14, 2014. 8 p.

  14. Wood products and other building materials used in new residential construction in Canada, with comparison to previous studies

    New residential construction is a critical driver of the demand for lumber, structural panels and engineered wood products in Canada. For the period 2010 through 2013, residential construction accounted for roughly 23 percent of the lumber consumed in Canada and 47 percent of structural panel usage. Insufficient data concerning imports and exports prevent estimates of...

    Author(s):
    Joe Elling; David B. McKeever
    Year:
    2015
    Keywords:
    Residential construction, Canada, single family construction, multifamily construction, wood products consumption, value of new construction, lumber, structural panels, nonstructural panels. engineered wood products, wood I-joists, glulam, structural composite lumber
    Source:
    Tacoma, WA: APA - The Engineered Wood Association

  15. Social media use in the wood products industry: Impact on the consumer purchasing process

    Numerous studies have investigated the impact social media has had on business performance. However, until recently, there has been limited research regarding social media in the U.S. wood products industry. In 2013, a mail survey was conducted to investigate the use of social media as a marketing tool and to examine the factors affecting its use in the wood products...

    Author(s):
    Iris B. Montague; Kathryn Arano Gazal; Janice K. Wiedenbeck
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    marketing, social media, wood products, purchasing decision-making process, natural resources
    Source:
    BioProducts Business. 4(3): 27-40.

  16. United States trade in wood products, 1978?2005.

    Tables summarize volume and values of United States trade in wood products from 1978 to 2005. Import and export data are shown for 21 commodities aggregated from over 1,700 wood products. Data were obtained from an earlier report by Chmelik and others and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Trade in each commodity is delineated by trading partner and...

    Author(s):
    Jean M. Daniels
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Wood products, imports, exports, customs districts, trading partners, wood products trade, wood products trade statistics.
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-738. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 124 p.

  17. Current research in Spain on walnut for wood production

    The Department of Mediterranean Trees at the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA) in Spain initiated a research program in 1993 to examine the variability among walnut species for wood production and to establish orchards with improved selections. The main objective of the programme is to obtain superior Persian walnut (Juglans regia

    Author(s):
    Neus Aletà; Neus NO-VALUE
    Year:
    2004
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Michler, C.H.; Pijut, P.M.; Van Sambeek, J.W.; Coggeshall, M.V.; Seifert, J.; Woeste, K.; Overton, R.; Ponder, F., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 6th Walnut Council Research Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-243. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 153-155

  18. Housing and the wood industry, trends & market conditions

    Housing markets continue to have major impacts on the secondary wood industry. So, what are the steps being taken by wood products manufacturers in order to stay viable? As a follow-up to last year's article, "Housing Market's Impact on the Secondary Woodworking Industry" (Wood & Wood Products, July 2010), the focus of this year's study was...

    Author(s):
    Urs Buehlmann; Matt Bumgardner; Al Schuler; K. Koenig
    Year:
    2011
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Wood & Wood Products. July: 24-29.

  19. Housing trends & impacts on wood products manufacturing

    While there are some signs of improvement in the business conditions and sales volume faced by the secondary wood industry in relation to the housing market, they are slow in coming. This third annual housing market survey looks at the trends in the industry and analyzes what has changed in terms of market conditions, company performance and the actions being taken by...

    Author(s):
    Matt Bumgardner; Urs Buehlmann; Al Schuler; Karen Koenig
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Wood and Wood Products. 117(5): 17-18, 20, 22, 24.

  20. The sustainable wood production initiative.

    To address concerns about sustainable forestry in the region, the Focused Science Delivery Program is sponsoring a three year Sustainable Wood Production Initiative. The Pacific Northwest is one of the world's major timber producing regions, and the ability of this region to produce wood on a sustained yield basis is widely recognized. Concerns relating to the...

    Author(s):
    Robert Deal
    Year:
    2004
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Western Forester. September/October. 6 p

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