The Government of Finland proposes partial tax relief for income
from timber sales. The purpose of the tax relief is to speed up sales
of domestic timber in order to secure raw material for the forest
industry.
The Government's proposal of 23
July 2008 provides that...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
