| Finland gives tax breaks to wood sellers 25.07.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 66 views Finland's
government will cut capital gains taxes on timber sales to help its
paper sector, which accounts for almost a fifth of the country's
exports, cope with a shortage of raw materials, Reuters reported.Finland's
forests are mostly owned by individuals and the tax cut is meant...
Vietnam becomes Asia’s biggest exporter of timber furniture21.07.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 65 views Vietnam
has become the biggest furniture exporter in the Asia’s market,
according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The ministry was
quoting figures from the American Hardwood Export Council.The
export turnover of locally made wood products reached $2.5 billion in
2007 and may reach...
Structural wood products — a bargain amid soaring material prices11.07.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 87 views While the cost of construction in the
U.S. continues to climb, one building material – wood – remains a smart
investment for the savvy professional. According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, over the last four years, steel products have doubled in
price and concrete products are up 35...
Insects threat spruce forests in Southern Sweden09.07.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 74 views The dangerous bark beetle is swarming in Southern Sweden earlier
than normally. There is also a great risk of a second generation
swarming later in the summer.
Because
of the warm summer the beetle population swarmed early. The drought
made spruce more vulnerable to...
Komatsu Forest opens its office in Ivano-Frankivsk04.07.2008 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | 133 views June 20, Sweden-based Komatsu Forest concern has opened its office in Ivano-Frankivsk. Komatsu Forest is a group of companies manufacturing and selling forestry and road-construction machinery.The concern explained its reasons for opening the office, Valmet, in Ivano-Frankivsk: proximity to...
International forum of investors to be held in Chernivtsi July 11-1304.07.2008 | UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY NEWS | 102 views A forum of investors on July 11-13 in Chernivtsi to be attended by businessman hailing from Bukovyna and adjacent territories will be timed to coincide with the World Forum of Bukovyna Natives.Central European Initiatives has scheduled its session within the forum’s framework. Guests of the...
Russia to Join WTO When Finland Permits04.07.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 78 views Russia will join the World Trade Organization (WTO) no sooner than it settles the timber-tarriff conflict with the EU, said EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.
The duties imposed by Moscow contradict the agreement of EU and Russia, the commissioner announced in the air of Finland’s...
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3,000 hectares of forest ravaged by fire01.07.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 78 views
Norway has suffered one of the country's most disastrous forest
fires since the war. Extreme drought resulted in the destruction of
about 3.000 hectares of forest in the Froland county on the south coast.
15 helicopters and several hundred firemen...
Brazil: Credit line will help modernize logging in the Amazon26.06.2008 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | 101 view The new Brazilian Minister of the
Environment has plans to use credit lines for Economic and Social
Development (BNDES) to modernize and increase efficiency of production
activities in the Amazon, said Portal Moveleiro. The production of
timber and vegetable oil products were identified...
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