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October/November 2010 Page 17 Baillie has long been recognized as the trusted name in premium North American hardwood lumber. With its entry into the exotics market, Baillie takes that same capability and dedication to quality, value and customer service and applies it to an exciting new product line. Baillie now offers the most desirable species from South America and Africa in a wide range of thicknesses and sorts, including flat-sawn, quarter-sawn, pattern grade and figure. And as always, Baillie prides itself on meeting any customer’s most demanding challenges with custom sorts. THE FINAL PIECE TO THE HARDWOOD PUZZLE BAILLIE LUMBER CO. Exotic Sales Direct Line 252.523.0021 4002 Legion Drive / Hamburg, NY 14075 USA phone 716.649.2850 / 800.950.2850 / fax 716.649.2811 www.baillie.com / e-mail: [email protected] ...single source solutions Jesper Bach Exotic Hardwoods Manager E XOTICS Continued on page 20 cu.m, valued at US$9.2 million, accounting for 21 percent in volume and 19 percent of the national total. China imported furniture worth US$160 million in the first half of 2010, up 9 percent in value from the same time period last year. China exported much more furniture valued at US$7,384 million in the first half of 2010, accounting for 53 percent of the national total. Shanghai City exported US $1,655 million, a 22 percent share of the national total. Exports of other wood products such as wooden doors, mouldings, wooden handi- crafts and package materials were worth US$178 million, up 28 percent from the same period last year. AFRICA After a brief trading period while importers assessed their mid-year stock and forward position, the log market has become active in Africa. China has resumed regular pur- chases from Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and smaller volumes are also being gath- ered from Equatorial Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo. Due to the reduced exports of some heavy hardwood from Brazil and other South American exporting countries, there has been a welcome increase in demand from European importers for Iroko, which has raised both log and sawn wood prices. Sapele is also in good demand and sawn wood output has increased to deal with the higher level of orders. Prices for Sapele logs are up and firming. Sipo sawn wood has experienced some increase in demand, as European importers are now more comfortable to rebuild their stocks in preparation for the expected improved demand over the second half of 2010. Housing starts in Europe have not yet recovered, but there is a better demand for hardwoods from a more active renovation and home improvement sector. As importers’ stocks are low, this sector is the main reason for recently improved demand for tropical hardwoods, analysts report. Additionally, prices for West and Central African timbers are still reasonable in com- parison with some American and European temperate hardwoods. Exporters are hoping that the government of Gabon will review the log export ban. The authorities in Gabon have indicated that all logs remaining in the port must be removed. Sawmills in this region have strong order books, but there has not been any news indicating that investments will increase production capacities for sawn wood or downstream products. The market failures experienced over the past two years have discouraged investors from diversifying production. In addition the continued uncertainty over the Gabon situation is not conducive for investors to make any long-term expansion plans. Uncertainty means that the importers are unable to assess the future raw material supplies for their in-country processing industries, according to offi- cials. GHANA The Ghana timber industry recently added its voice to others who are demanding a downward review of the utility tariff, which was recently raised by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission. At a meeting between the Ghana Timber Millers Organization and the Timber Workers Union in Accra, the sawmillers claimed that the higher tariffs leave them no option but to lay off workers in order to stay in business. The timber operator’s call came at a time when the Trades Union Congress has urged the government to reset the previous tariff levels. According to Ghana’s timber industry, sharp increases in the industry’s major costs especially in electricity tariffs, have resulted in some closures in timber sector over the past five years. Additionally, the industry has suffered from operational taxes such as the National Reconstruction Levy and high interest rates. Ghana’s tim- ber industry is the fourth largest industry in terms of export revenues. The Ghana Statistical Service recently released statistics showing Ghana’s infla- tion fell to 9.52 percent, down 1.16 percent from previous months. Inflation has now declined for the 12th consecutive month. BUSINESS TRENDS (ABROAD) Continued from page 16 MALAYSIA Timber exports from Malaysia reached RM8.5 billion recently, 17.4 percent higher than the RM7.3 billion recorded in the same time period last year. The Malaysian government expressed confidence in reaching the timber product export target of RM22 billion for the current year. The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities announced at the Malaysia Furniture and Furnishing Fair, that the cur- rent exhibition is expected to generate RM50 million in sales compared to RM45 million in 2009. Furniture exports from Malaysia are projected to reach RM7.4 bil- lion, a 20 percent increase from 2009 at RM6.2 billion. Rainy weather conditions and a recent increase in fuel prices increased Malaysian timber product prices up during recent weeks. After a slight downturn, freight costs are expected to rise significantly between 10 and 20 percent. Manufacturers are worried about how to adjust product prices to reflect the increased rates without under- mining their marketing, according to ana- lysts. markets. Orders and shipments are eating up the developing production. There is lim- ited activity for Aspen for both green and kiln dried stock. With the changing weath- er patterns over the summer, Basswood production cycles were even shorter, with varying results for this species according to region contacted. Export and freight costs were also influencing business for this species. In August, the Government of Canada launched its $100-million Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) pro- gram. It will help to expand opportunities for Canada’s forestry sector through the development of innovative projects and technologies. It was first introduced in Canada’s Jobs and Growth Budget 2010. The Minister of Natural Resources announced the program and made a call for proposals that could receive IFIT fund- ing. The new program will support forest industry transformation across Canada by helping the sector develop a more diversi- fied portfolio of products and markets. The goal is to encourage the development of a wider range of innovative technolo- gies, which would help secure a more prosperous future for Canada’s forestry industry and the communities who depend on it. Forest sector companies that have existing facilities in Canada, including those that have been recently affected by the global economic downturn, could be eligible for IFIT support. As part of its continued support for Canada’s forest sector, the Government of Canada is investing $170 million over two years under Canada’s Economic Action Plan to help forest companies develop new products and processes and capitalize on new market opportunities internationally. Individuals interested in learning how to apply for funding under the IFIT program can visit: forest-transforma - tion.nrcan.gc.ca . On the housing front, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 189,200 units recently. This results in a month-over- month decrease of 1.6 percent in July. The lower housing starts rate recently was mostly due to a decrease in urban single starts and in rural starts, advised the Chief BUSINESS TRENDS (CANADA) ONTARIO The province suffered heat waves with high humidity over the summer, and saw its fair share of rain as well. This limited logging activity and reduced sawmill pro- duction. As a result, contacts commented that the volume of green lumber entering the marketplace was less than it would have been under normal weather condi- tions. With less green lumber available, there was less available kiln dried invento- ries. It is reported that supplies have been stretched thin for certain items, while other items were slow to sell, causing supplies to grow. Contacts report there is a solid demand for Ash, most of it coming from overseas

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OctoberNovember 2010 Page 17

Baillie has long been recognized as the trusted name in

premium North American hardwood lumber With its

entry into the exotics market Baillie takes that same

capability and dedication to quality value and customer

service and applies it to an exciting new product line

Baillie now offers the most desirable species from South

America and Africa in a wide range of thicknesses and

sorts including flat-sawn quarter-sawn pattern grade

and figure And as always Baillie prides itself on

meeting any customerrsquos most demanding challenges

with custom sorts

T H E F I N A L P I E C E T O T H E H A R D W O O D P U Z Z L E

BAILLIE LUMBER COExot ic Sales Direct Line 2525230021

4002 Legion Drive Hamburg NY 14075 USAphone 7166492850 8009502850 fax 7166492811

wwwbai l l iecom e-mail infobail l iecom

s ingle source solut ions

Jesper BachExotic HardwoodsManager

EXOTICS

Continued on page 20

cum valued at US$92 million accountingfor 21 percent in volume and 19 percent ofthe national totalChina imported furniture worth US$160million in the first half of 2010 up 9 percentin value from the same time period lastyear China exported much more furniturevalued at US$7384 million in the first halfof 2010 accounting for 53 percent of thenational total Shanghai City exported US$1655 million a 22 percent share of thenational totalExports of other wood products such aswooden doors mouldings wooden handi-crafts and package materials were worthUS$178 million up 28 percent from thesame period last year

AFRICA

After a brief trading period while importersassessed their mid-year stock and forwardposition the log market has become activein Africa China has resumed regular pur-chases from Cameroon Congo Brazzavilleand smaller volumes are also being gath-ered from Equatorial Guinea andDemocratic Republic of CongoDue to the reduced exports of some heavyhardwood from Brazil and other SouthAmerican exporting countries there hasbeen a welcome increase in demand fromEuropean importers for Iroko which hasraised both log and sawn wood pricesSapele is also in good demand and sawnwood output has increased to deal with thehigher level of orders Prices for Sapelelogs are up and firming Sipo sawn woodhas experienced some increase indemand as European importers are nowmore comfortable to rebuild their stocks inpreparation for the expected improveddemand over the second half of 2010Housing starts in Europe have not yetrecovered but there is a better demand forhardwoods from a more active renovationand home improvement sector Asimportersrsquo stocks are low this sector is themain reason for recently improved demandfor tropical hardwoods analysts report

Additionally prices for West and CentralAfrican timbers are still reasonable in com-parison with some American and Europeantemperate hardwoodsExporters are hoping that the governmentof Gabon will review the log export banThe authorities in Gabon have indicatedthat all logs remaining in the port must beremoved Sawmills in this region have strong orderbooks but there has not been any newsindicating that investments will increaseproduction capacities for sawn wood ordownstream products The market failuresexperienced over the past two years havediscouraged investors from diversifyingproductionIn addition the continued uncertainty overthe Gabon situation is not conducive forinvestors to make any long-term expansionplans Uncertainty means that theimporters are unable to assess the futureraw material supplies for their in-countryprocessing industries according to offi-cials

GHANA

The Ghana timber industry recently addedits voice to others who are demanding adownward review of the utility tariff whichwas recently raised by the Public UtilityRegulatory CommissionAt a meeting between the Ghana TimberMillers Organization and the TimberWorkers Union in Accra the sawmillersclaimed that the higher tariffs leave themno option but to lay off workers in order tostay in business The timber operatorrsquos callcame at a time when the Trades UnionCongress has urged the government toreset the previous tariff levelsAccording to Ghanarsquos timber industrysharp increases in the industryrsquos majorcosts especially in electricity tariffs haveresulted in some closures in timber sectorover the past five years Additionally theindustry has suffered from operationaltaxes such as the National ReconstructionLevy and high interest rates Ghanarsquos tim-ber industry is the fourth largest industry interms of export revenuesThe Ghana Statistical Service recentlyreleased statistics showing Ghanarsquos infla-tion fell to 952 percent down 116 percentfrom previous months Inflation has nowdeclined for the 12th consecutive month

BUSINESS TRENDS(ABROAD)

Continued from page 16

MALAYSIA

Timber exports from Malaysia reachedRM85 billion recently 174 percent higherthan the RM73 billion recorded in thesame time period last year The Malaysiangovernment expressed confidence inreaching the timber product export targetof RM22 billion for the current yearThe Ministry of Plantation Industries andCommodities announced at the MalaysiaFurniture and Furnishing Fair that the cur-rent exhibition is expected to generateRM50 million in sales compared to RM45million in 2009 Furniture exports fromMalaysia are projected to reach RM74 bil-lion a 20 percent increase from 2009 atRM62 billionRainy weather conditions and a recentincrease in fuel prices increased Malaysiantimber product prices up during recentweeksAfter a slight downturn freight costs areexpected to rise significantly between 10and 20 percent Manufacturers are worriedabout how to adjust product prices toreflect the increased rates without under-mining their marketing according to ana-lysts

bull

markets Orders and shipments are eatingup the developing production There is lim-ited activity for Aspen for both green andkiln dried stock With the changing weath-er patterns over the summer Basswoodproduction cycles were even shorter withvarying results for this species according toregion contacted Export and freight costswere also influencing business for thisspecies In August the Government of Canada

launched its $100-million Investments inForest Industry Transformation (IFIT) pro-gram It will help to expand opportunitiesfor Canadarsquos forestry sector through thedevelopment of innovative projects andtechnologies It was first introduced inCanadarsquos Jobs and Growth Budget 2010The Minister of Natural Resourcesannounced the program and made a callfor proposals that could receive IFIT fund-ing The new program will support forestindustry transformation across Canada byhelping the sector develop a more diversi-fied portfolio of products and marketsThe goal is to encourage the development

of a wider range of innovative technolo-gies which would help secure a moreprosperous future for Canadarsquos forestryindustry and the communities who dependon it Forest sector companies that haveexisting facilities in Canada includingthose that have been recently affected bythe global economic downturn could beeligible for IFIT supportAs part of its continued support for

Canadarsquos forest sector the Government ofCanada is investing $170 million over twoyears under Canadarsquos Economic ActionPlan to help forest companies develop newproducts and processes and capitalize onnew market opportunities internationally Individuals interested in learning how

to apply for funding under theIFIT program can visit forest-transforma-tionnrcangccaOn the housing front Canada Mortgage

and Housing Corporation (CMHC)announced the seasonally adjusted annualrate of housing starts was 189200 unitsrecently This results in a month-over-month decrease of 16 percent in JulyThe lower housing starts rate recently was

mostly due to a decrease in urban singlestarts and in rural starts advised the Chief

BUSINESS TRENDS(CANADA)

ONTARIO

The province suffered heat waves withhigh humidity over the summer and sawits fair share of rain as well This limitedlogging activity and reduced sawmill pro-duction As a result contacts commentedthat the volume of green lumber enteringthe marketplace was less than it wouldhave been under normal weather condi-tions With less green lumber availablethere was less available kiln dried invento-ries It is reported that supplies have beenstretched thin for certain items while otheritems were slow to sell causing supplies togrow Contacts report there is a solid demand

for Ash most of it coming from overseas

Page 18 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Aspen - Tremble44 FasF1F 6rsquo only 21000rsquoBlack Cherry - Cerisier44 FasF1F Sappy 14000rsquo44 Comsel 18000rsquo44 2 Com 18000rsquo44 FasF1F Narrow 5rdquo 7000rsquo54 Comsel 27000rsquo64 FasF1F 7rsquo+ 25000rsquo84 FasF1F 15000rsquo104 FasF1F 40000rsquo124 FasF1F 40000rsquo164 FasF1F 12000rsquoSoft Maple - Plaine54 FasF1F 25000rsquo64 FasF1F 20000rsquoHard Maple - Erable44 FasF1F Sap 19000rsquo44 FasF1F 1+2 w 40000rsquo54 FasF1F 1+2 w 30000rsquo64 FasF1F 1+2 w 30000rsquo84 FasF1F 1+2 w 25000rsquo104 FasF1F 1+2 w 18000rsquo124 FasF1F 1+2 w 8000rsquoRed Oak - Chene Rouge84 FasF1F 25000rsquo84 FasF1F RQ 15000rsquoWhite Ash - Frene Blanc34 FasF1F 4000rsquo34 FasF1F Narrow 6000rsquo

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Lumber Sales Inc

105 Ridgedale Drive PO Box 698Cookeville TN 38501 USA Cookeville TN 38503 USA

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Contact Parker Boles Adam Moran Steve Gunderson Lawson Maury - Export

wwwhermitagehardwoodcom

ASH

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54 FAS 13mrsquo

54 2 Com 6mrsquo

64 2 Com 5mrsquo

84 1 Com 20mrsquo

BASSWOOD

44 FAS 20mrsquo

44 2 Com 10mrsquo

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CHERRY

44 FAS 35mrsquo

44 1 Com 35mrsquo

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44 FAS 55mrsquo

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44 1 Com 30mrsquo

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For Sale

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Tropical Hardwood Lumbers

Genuine Mahogany

African Mahogany (Khaya)

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Spanish Cedar

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Cole Hardwood Inc

P O Box 568

Logansport Indiana 46947

574-753-3151 Fax 574-753-2525

e-mail at davecolehardwoodcom

home page wwwcolehardwoodcom

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716-699-2893 faxsalesfitzwellercom

ASH44 FAS 9-10rsquo 1 Cont44 Select 6rsquo 6 mbf44 1 Com all white 5 mbf84 FAS 2 ContsAMERICAN BEECH44 FAS Steamed 6 mbf HARD MAPLE44 FAS straight 7rsquo 13 mbf44 FAS 9rsquo-12rsquo 1 Cont44 1 Com 1+2 white 3 Conts44 1 Com 1 White 2 Conts44 2 Com sap+btr 1 Cont64 1 Com 1+2 white 1 ContHICKORY44 FAS 2 mbf54 FAS 9 mbf54 1 Com 4 mbfRED OAK44 FAS straight 8rsquo 5 mbf44 FAS color sort S2S 1 Cont54 FAS color select S2S 1 Cont64 FAS 1 ContSOFT MAPLE44 FAS 1 Cont44 1 com brown S2S 1 Cont64 FAS 5 mbfWHITE OAK44 FAS 8 mbf

We also offer S2S SLR1E edge glueing face glueingCNC machining moulding boring sanding turning and carving

5 TL 54 2 Com Hickory5 TL 64 SampB Hickory5 TL 64 2 Com Hickory4 TL 84 SampB Hickory5 TL 84 1 Com Hickory2 TL 54 SampB W Oak2 TL 84 SampB W Oak2 TL 44 SampB Walnut4 TL 44 2 Com Walnut1 TL 54 SampB Walnut2 TL 64 SampB Walnut4 TL 84 SampB Walnut

Quality Hardwood Lumber and Moulding

Since 1798

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PO Box 97

Council Bluffs IA USA 51502

Call 1-712-325-9191 Fax 712-325-0156

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wwwmidwestwalnutcom

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OctoberNovember 2010 Page 19

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importexport timber productsrsquo stock exchange

WM Cramer International Inc

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Mailing Address

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OR

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Page 20 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 17

BUSINESS TRENDS(CANADA)

Economist at CMHCrsquos Market AnalysisCentre Multiple starts partially offset themoderationEven though there are record low interest

rates and a vast selection of homes this isinsufficient incentive to draw new buyersinto the market Recently the CanadianReal Estate Association (CREA) down-graded its sales forecast for the rest of theyear The resale housing market has been a

leading driver of Canadarsquos economicrecovery with prices rebounding fromrecessionary lows But the market seemsto have peaked and signs of stress areshowing across the country The drop is happening while mortgage

rates remain at record lows despite warn-ings from economists that they are boundto rise as the Bank of Canada moves itslending rate higher Competition among the banks for new

business along with falling bond yieldshave meant mortgage rates have beenlargely unaffected by any Bank of CanadamovesEven so buyers are reluctant to take the

plunge It is reported that many boughtearlier this year than they had anticipatedto get a lower mortgage rate and avoid theharmonized sales tax in Ontario and BritishColumbia which applies to professionalservices associated with buying a resalehome On the global real estate side Scotiabank

says the demand and prices slipped in thesecond quarter The rebound that liftedproperty values around the world is nowlosing momentum says their Global RealEstate Trends Report Housing demandand prices slipped in the second quarterThe market was sideswiped by moderatingglobal growth volatility in financial marketsand weak job creation ldquoGlobal real estate markets entered 2010

with a renewed sense of optimism piggy-backing on the broader economic recoveryunder wayrdquo wrote the senior economistldquoHousing demand and pricing improved inthe first quarter of the year in the majority

QUEBEC

The construction vacation break the sum-mer heat and summer holidays for most

of the advanced nations we track benefit-ting from ultra-low interest rates improvedaffordability and in some cases govern-ment purchase incentivesrdquo Australia and Canada saw double-digit

gains in inflation adjusted prices ldquomirroringtheir relatively more favourable employ-ment and lending conditionsrdquo ldquoThe recent slowdown has been most dra-

matic in Canadardquo the report statesldquoAverage home prices in Q2 were up just68 percent year-over-year compared with166 percent year-over-year in Q1 Saleswhile still at a high level have trendedsteadily lower alongside reduced afford-ability and exhausted pent-up demandrdquo Between 2000 and the first half of 2010

the average cost of a new home increasedby just over 50 percent ldquoOver the same period the average price

of a resale home more than doubledrdquo thereport said ldquoTraditionally the demand andpricing for new homes mirror but with alag trends in the resale market Whenresale housing selection is limited andorprices are increasing sharply buyers aremore likely to consider a new home pur-chaserdquo The reason the report points to ldquoa short-

age of resale listings relative to demand aboom in renovation activity that has addedvalue to the existing stock of housing andrising urban land valuesrdquo ldquoThe divergence in new and resale home

prices is seen in most markets across thecountry but to varying degreesrdquo the reportsaid ldquoThe biggest gap has opened up in British

Columbia where the lack of developableland in its largest city is a major contributorto its record high home prices On theother hand new home prices have largelytracked resale prices in Alberta andSaskatchewan where a massive influx ofpopulation attracted to the regionrsquos boom-ing economy and the inherent lag inadding sufficient new housing stockfuelled across-the-board appreciationrdquo

bull

reduced the rate of hardwood activity Thecommon grades are reported to be outper-forming the upper grades for Hard and RedOak Demand fell for Soft Maple with Ashsupplies being stretched thin Specialty items of Birch such as unselect-ed or stock with enhanced color lengthand width characteristics made for a firmmarket for this species Hard Maple andother whitewoodsrsquo logging and sawmillingproduction over the summer months weregreatly affected by weather conditionsQuantities produced were limited and italso affected the range of thicknessessawmills could produce Green HardMaple production has only been marginal-ly adequate to satisfy buyersrsquo needs for thecommon grades Due to the lower greenlumber production kiln dried Hard Mapleinventories showed evidence of supplystrains causing slight rises in pricing Soft Maple demand declined over thesummer months This is due to the weakerhome construction market and preferencesshifting to other species as well as a com-petitive market for this species There is mixed demand for Red Oakupper grades but in general market condi-tions are reported as solid for commongrades of this speciesBusiness for Oak flooring manufacturersappears to have stabilized as has the sup-ply situation There has been growth inmanufacturing activity with movement formost products Raw materials are ade-quate for the near term production needsEven though business appears to haveevened out business conditions have notcompletely settled There are still somesupply and demand imbalances for certainitems Select Red Oak 2-14rdquo is in amplesupply while 2-14rdquo No 1 Common RedOak supplies are thin Again the slowdownin residential construction has affected theuse of this species As a result some con-tacts reported having reduced their pro-duction schedules and are prepared toreduce these even more should marketsdipThe Canadian inflation reading released inmid-August raised concerns about thehealth of the Canadian economic reboundThe recent consumer price index showedan inflation rate of 18 percent a softerreading than expected by most econo-mists and a sign there are few pricing

pressures amid uneven demand for goods The inflation report is just the latest signalthat the recovery is slowing Other recenteconomic indicators showed the first dropin employment this year the cooling hous-ing market and signs that exports arealready suffering from weaker demand inthe US and Europe going into the secondhalf of the year

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BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

LAKE STATES

A hardwood supplier in Indiana said over-all business conditions have improvedldquoTherersquos been a little pick up on volumebut not much Compared to six monthsago not much has changedldquoPeople just are not spending moneyrdquo heoffered when asked about the factorsinvolved ldquoOur products typically go in tothe higher end products and people justare not buying those items right nowrdquoPredominately producing quarter-sawnRed and White Oak the contact said hisinventory levels are up and his prices haveflat lined ldquoI am a kiln-dried buyer and theprices through the first quarter and part ofthe second quarter were rising significant-ly but things have flatlined now 44 RedOak is notably coming downrdquo heexplainedldquoSupply is increasing and the demand isnot there I think a lot of the run-up thathappened this year was supply driven Itwasnrsquot out there now it is And now thedemand isnrsquot thererdquoThe contact said availability of trucks isbecoming an issue ldquoTrucks are gettingtougher to come byrdquo he said ldquoAs a whole I think the next six months aregoing to be flat As far as our pricing goesI donrsquot see much changing I am responsi-ble for the retail operation here so I buy alot of lumber Irsquom also involved in the truck-load operations and I donrsquot see their pricesmoving any I do see prices coming downon some of the commodity items like plain

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BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

NORTHEAST

In Pennsylvania a hardwood supplier whooffers kiln dried lumber and dimensionalproducts said business conditions areabout the same as they were six monthsago with a brief uptick in-between time The contact who ships his products

nationally and overseas said ldquoWersquove seena large decrease through the summermonths from Europe Asia and the UnitedStates Wersquove had a tough time gettingitems to moverdquoIn reference to what caused the sales

decrease the contact said demand waslowSupplying Red and White Oak Hard and

Soft Maple Ash and Cherry he said allspecies are easily accessible and both hislog and lumber inventories are up ldquoLogprices are increasing and the lumber priceshave been decreasing so it makes it hard-er to move lumberrdquo The source doesnrsquotexpect much change in the next 60 to 90daysIn response to the downturn in the econo-

my he said his company installed a new ripline in their dimension facility to make theoperation more efficientldquoTransportation has been an issue for us

We have the Marcellus Shale in our areaWith the gas leasing and drilling going onitrsquos been very difficult to get truckers to haulproduct Everybody is tied up with the gascompanies Itrsquos been difficultrdquo According tothe Oil and Gas Accountability Project oiland gas leasing have taken this region bystorm since 2008A source in New Hampshire that supplies

44 through 164 hardwood lumber alsosaid sales activity was down from sixmonths ago ldquoWhat wersquore seeing is that ifyoursquore attached in any way to the stimulusprograms yoursquoll do okay Irsquove talked to anumber of people both in the lumber indus-try and as consumers and people are con-cerned Therersquos not a lot of stimulusapplied to what we do in the industryThings are getting lean againrdquoAs for log supply he said ldquoIf you want

logs theyrsquore available and you can proba-bly saw at 40 hours a week If you didnrsquotwant to pay the high price of logs right nowthen you probably are running limitedhours There are a lot of mills that arenrsquotcapable of getting the financing to have alog deck right nowrdquoThe source said demand on both the

domestic and export markets haddecreased ldquoI was talking to a customer inthe Midwest and they are very scaredbecause they havenrsquot been asked to quoteanything for close to 30 days nowrdquoHandling Red and White Oak Birch Hard

and Soft Maple Hickory and Cherry thecontact said Red Oak and Ash are movingthe best ldquoWe also have a concentrationyard and one thing that is changing thisindustry quite a bit is that you canrsquot movelumber the distances that we have for thepast 25 yearsrdquoAs for prices he said log and lumber

prices are currently up but he believes theywill level off in the next 60 to 90 daysMarketing to importers and wholesalers

internationally and domestic manufactur-ers the contact said he hopes the next sixmonths will show improvement but expectsit to stay the same ldquoI had better hopes ear-lier this year than I do nowrdquo he saidIn Elliotsburg Pa a hardwood supplier

who specializes in Poplar lumber saidldquoTherersquos a lot of resistance in the Commongrades Upper grades are still stable for usIt takes a little more work to move ourupper grade Poplar but we are able tomove it The Commons are under a littlemore pressurerdquoLike others in the region the contact said

he experienced a pick up in orders early in2010 but sales activity has now droppedoff ldquoWe picked up momentum earlier thisyear but wersquore uncertain about whatrsquosahead We were coming into an upwardtrend back in February Thatrsquos when peoplestarted buying volumes of lumber and pro-duction increasedrdquoSupplying all Appalachian species he said

that Red Oak was moving the fastest alongwith Poplar As for the coming months the source

said ldquoWersquore not going to overextend our-selves Wersquore definitely going to watchwhat we purchase and how much we pur-chaserdquoNearby in Pittsfield Pa a Hard and Soft

Maple and Red and White Oak suppliersaid his market was soft ldquoIt seems likethings have become relatively quiet overthe last month or two A lot of the compa-nies that we ship to on a continuous basishave slowed down considerably We alsoship to cabinet manufacturers and the

sawn Red Oak I definitely see prices com-ing down on itrdquoAnother hardwood supplier in Indianawhich offers 44 through 164 kiln driedupper grade Walnut and rift and quarteredWhite Oak also said sales activity is slow-ing down ldquoThings have slowed down hereas we head into the fall monthsrdquo he com-mented ldquoCustomers are ordering but theorders are fewer and further between thanthey were a few months ago Basically wehad a nice uptick in sales in the late springand early summer It seems the balance ofthe year is going to be more of a chal-lengerdquoAs for the factors involved he mentionedlog inventories ldquoI know down in the southit hasnrsquot been that wet and people are saw-ing and producing a lot of Poplar and OakUp here itrsquos been one of the wettest sum-mers in decades Logging conditions havenot been good and our log inventories arenot where we like them to beldquoIf you go back a year ago things werehorrible Then six months ago they startedto improve and three months before thatthey were really goodmdashnow theyrsquore back towhere they were six months ago Overall Iwould say the climate is changing but not alotrdquo he continuedOffering Ash Basswood Cherry HickoryHard and Soft Maple Red and White OakWalnut and Poplar the contact saidrdquoWalnut is moving the best right now fol-lowed by Red Oak Hickory and Poplar IfI had to pick one I would say that HardMaple is the most challenging species wehave in our house right nowldquoBecause wersquore vertically integrated webuy standing timber and saw it Most ofwhat we sell is our own production Sowersquore buying it as we find it in the woodsand dealing with it once it comes in Wehave a diverse inventory approachrdquo hementionedMarketing to distribution yards millworkand hardwood manufacturers the supplieris optimistic ldquoPrices may come down atick demand may be spotty but I thinkwersquove seen the worst of itrdquo he said A source in Michigan characterized themarket as ldquonot great but not awfulrdquo He saidhis operation has seen about a 35 percentincrease in 2010 ldquoWe were down so lowthat 35 percent isnrsquot quite enough to put usback where we need to berdquo he explainedProducing grade and industrial lumber thecontact said supply shortages are stillbeing felt on the industrial side ldquoThereseems to be a little supply shortage in RedOak on the grade and industrial cantsldquoWe have a unique situation here Wehave two mills and wersquore surrounded bystate timber in Michigan So when thegrade market gets good the grade mills bidon the lower grade timber to get as muchvolume as they can so it cuts into the lowergrade logs that we buy So itrsquos kind of aunique thing where we cut about 4 or 5 mil-lion board feet of grade lumber and the restis industrial graderdquo he saidShipping products in a 600-mile radius hesaid transportation had been an issue untilrecent weeks ldquoThe trucks have been tiedup hauling steel between southernMichigan and the Chicago area Nowtrucks are readily available theyrsquore nottransporting much steel right now Howlong that will last is anybodyrsquos guessrdquoFor the remainder of 2010 the contactrsquosoutlook is fair ldquoWersquore looking better weekafter week Not where we need to be butbetter Our mills are only operating threedays a weekrdquoIn another Michigan city a hardwood sup-plier who specializes in Hard Maple saidCommon markets are good but the highergrades are at a standstill ldquoI think everyonehas held up with his or her inventories andnow theyrsquore cautious because the marketdidnrsquot reboundrdquo she commentedldquoOver the summer we probably produced90 percent of Hard Maple Itrsquos typicallyabout 50 percent of our production but wealso saw a little bit of Red Leaf Soft MapleYellow Birch Basswood and AshrdquoAs for which specie is currently moving thebest the contact said the top three areHard and Soft Maple and Common RedOak ldquoOur inventory levels are decent butthe majority of what I have on hold isSelect and Betterrdquo

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Page 22 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 21

Continued on page 23

SOUTHEAST

In Augusta Ga a hardwood supplier saidthe lumber market is soft ldquoIt has been softfrom about the middle of June Wersquore mov-ing lumber right now but therersquos not a lot ofpressure for it At least in our area we arestarting to see some improvements in pro-duction levels at the sawmills I think theconsumers are pushing back a little bit towait and see what happens in regards topricing Theyrsquore not buying out of panic any-more I think theyrsquore starting to feel a littlemore confidence that the lumber will bethererdquo he explainedThe contact which handles all

Appalachian and southern species said No2 and 3 A Red and White Oak is movingwell along with all grades of Ash ldquoI thinkthat the sawmillsrsquo inventory levels inregards to logs have improved in the south-eastrdquo he said ldquoPoplar is the specie that hasbeen influenced the most in our particulararea The premiums paid over and abovethe actual freight charges are comingdown I donrsquot know that theyrsquore going tocome down enough to effect pricing I thinkcertain key species will continue to slideHard and Soft Maple and Cherry are all softright now Thatrsquos not uncommon with thewhitewoods this time of yearrdquoHe said transportation is a heavy issue for

his operation ldquoAs for exporting the oceanfreight rates are so erratic you just donrsquotknow how to plan However domesticfreight rates seem fairly stable for usrdquoMarketing to secondary manufacturers

the source said he doesnrsquot look for improve-ment for several years ldquoOne out of everyeighth person is behind on their mortgagepayments according to a recent report Iread I think wersquore still going to see a lotmore foreclosures The bottom line is thatour market will not recover until housingstarts come backrdquoA source in Virginia which offers Red and

White Oak and Poplar said ldquoGenerally Ithink the market is improved It seems to bestable but I think the advances in pricinghave eased I think everybody is playingcatch up Prices ran up over the last four orfive months and this last month has found aplateaurdquoCompared to six months prior he said

business activity is better ldquoPeople are see-ing profits now that they were not getting inJanuary but wersquore flat from a month agoSo itrsquos better than six months ago but wersquorein a state of change right nowrdquoHe mentioned a suppressed demand com-

bined with increased production as con-tributing factors to the current situationldquoThe general economic mood is not healthyfor purchasing What wersquove seen lately iseverybody is getting up to full capacityrdquo hesaidWhile the contact isnrsquot having difficulty

finding the products he needs he said thefuture of his log inventory is not secureldquoOur lumber inventories compared to a yearago are still down Four years ago we wereinventorying 39 million feet and wersquore cur-rently sitting at about 13 million feet to giveyou an idea of where wersquore atrdquoldquoI think as we head into fall the continued

pressure to have material to saw is going tokeep a firm posture on log pricing We haveadjusted ourselves to a back to basics atti-tuderdquo he said of the companyrsquos adjust-ments to the market conditions ldquoWe haveimproved efficiencies and wersquore learning tolive with less in terms of inventories Wersquove

retailers That business seems to be softas well We donrsquot sell directly to the exportmarket but we deal with agents and thatmarket seems to be on hold There is justnot a lot of activity in any market right nowItrsquos better than what it was a year ago butworse than what it was two months agoldquoIt seems like everyone that Irsquove talked to

that exports lumber either has no ordersright now or a lot of the orders are on holdEveryone is competing for the same smallmarkets right nowrdquo he continued ldquoWalnut is the one species that there is not

enough production for the needrdquo the sup-plier said ldquoOur inventories are at an aver-age level but wersquove slowed down our capa-bilities to keep it that way Wersquore not run-ning at 100 percent right now if we werewersquod be overproducedrdquoLooking at the months ahead he said ldquoIf

things continue the way theyrsquore going a lotof the larger companies are going to buildup their inventories which means kiln driedlumber will be offered at a lower pricerdquo

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BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

had to reduce some of our staff and resizeour organization to the size of the demandthatrsquos out thererdquoHe mentioned that transportation costs

have been relatively decent ldquoItrsquos beenpretty stable for us Domestically we arestarting to see an increase on freight pricesbut thatrsquos very recentrdquoLooking ahead the source is uncertain ldquoI

think the activity level is uncertain Wersquollhold what wersquove got but generally the sup-ply situation is going to keep prices fromdropping I donrsquot think we can out producewhat is generally a good momentum in themarket I think there is a cap for a lot ofreasons upon how much production wecan haverdquoIn North Carolina a Red and White Oak

and Poplar supplier said market conditionsare fair ldquoWithin one specie there are differ-ent things going on with the different thick-nesses and grades Itrsquos certainly been aquieter market these last two monthsrdquoHe also said with mills that had previous-

ly been mothballed in his area openingback up the over supply issue is greater ldquoIdonrsquot think demand is much better than itwas last year but there was a lack of sup-ply Now that has caught up with demandand causing prices to increaseldquoI think once the domestic flooring manu-

facturers get their inventories built back upwhich is whatrsquos keeping the domestic mar-ket propped up now I believe prices willtrend back downrdquoAdjusting to the market he said ldquoWersquore

watching our inventories and wersquore moreaware of things that we didnrsquot have to be soaware of in years past For example if the44 Oak market got bad years ago andprices were being discounted you didnrsquotconsider drying all of it because you knewthat market was going to pick back upNow you canrsquot assume that anything isgoing to pick up in the next two monthsrdquoFor the next six months the supplier said

he doesnrsquot expect demand to be much bet-ter than last year ldquoIt largely depends onsupply If supply continues to gain itrsquosgoing to be a rough next few monthsrdquo hesaid

bull

WEST COAST

On the West Coast a hardwood supplierin Long Beach Calif said market condi-tions are beginning to improve ldquoIt seemsto be getting a little better Collectingmoney is a big strugglerdquo he explainedldquoThere are a few more orders coming inbut they are coming in bit by bitrdquoThe contact said he believes most people

arenrsquot holding inventory ldquoI donrsquot think any-one is holding much of anything Theyrsquorejust buying day to day as their orders comeinrdquoStocking Poplar Alder Maple Cherry and

Mahogany he isnrsquot having trouble findingthe material he needs ldquoThere are somethings wersquore out of like the thicker Oaksbut I donrsquot think anybody is going to beneeding that for a whilerdquoAs for inventory levels he said ldquoWe are

keeping our inventory levels low by designWith the reload centers out here itrsquos easyto get what you need and because yoursquorenot sure what and when the customer willneed anything thatrsquos the safer way to goldquoOur prices are flat and I donrsquot see that

changing much over the next 60 daysWalnut keeps pushing its way up but theothers are flatrdquo he continuedWhen asked about changes his company

has assimilated to adjust to market condi-tions he said ldquoWe do some outside saleswith another company We now marketpanel products for them along with ourown hardwood lumberrdquoMarketing to furniture cabinet and mill-

work manufacturers the source is opti-mistic ldquoI donrsquot think things are going todrastically improve but little by little Ibelieve wersquoll see improvementsrdquoIn Oregon a hardwood distributor which

services door and millwork manufacturersas well as retail and industrial segmentssaid the overall market outlook is bleakldquoNothing is happening People are notremodeling or building decks onto theirhomes The demand just isnrsquot there for anyproduct right nowrdquoHandling all domestic species the source

said all species were moving but nothing ismoving particularly well He said supply iscurrently not an issue and inventory levelsare down ldquoPrices are stable but they arestarting to soften The buyers are now inthe position to push back a little bit and geta few dollars on concessionrdquoIn order to adjust to the downturn in the

economy the contact said his company hasreduced inventory employees and facili-

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

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BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

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LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

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reg

Michael Snow Executive Director telephone 202-463-2774

United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

AHEC-Southeast Asia ampGreater China1305 13th FloorBank of America Tower12 Harcourt RdHong Kong

AHEC-MexicoSierra Candela No111-507Col Lomas de Chapultepec11000 Mexico DF MexicoFAX 52-55-2623-1853

AHEC- ShanghaiRm 2762-63 271FK Wan CentreNo 1010 Huaihai Zong RoadShanghai China PC 200031FAX 8621-6103-1288

wwwahec-chinaorg wwwahec-seasiaorgMichael Snow Executive Director

telephone 703-435-2900

FITZPATRICK amp WELLER12 Mill Street middot PO Box 490 middot Ellicottville NY 14731wwwfitzwellercom middot salesfitzwellercom

716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

The Natural Source of World Hardwoodsbull Nearly 30 years experience in supplying Tropical Hardwoods direct from source in West Africa to

the North American Market

bull Suppliers of the whole range of African Species including Sapele Sipo Mahogany OkoumeGuarea Makore Afromosia Teak Iroko Walnut Mansonia Bubinga Wenge Padouk Hyedua

and others

bull Expertise in TimberComprehensive ServiceContinuity of Supply

Working with NHG Timber is Working in Partnership

NHG TIMBER LTD4 Eagle House Cranleigh Close Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LH United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0) 20 8651 4030 Fax +44 (0) 20 8651 0913E-mail salesnhgtimbercouk Website wwwnhgtimbercouk

Member of theTimber TradeFederation

T R O P I C A L F O R E S T

F O U N D A T I O N

NHG TIMBER LTD

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Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

NNoovveemmbbeerr

NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

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US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

bull

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Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

bullFFeeddeerraall WWaayy WWaasshhiinnggttoonnmdashmdash

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

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Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

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Website wwwrlcocom

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GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

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PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

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Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

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Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

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R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

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wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

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E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

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SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

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IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

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MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

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Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

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To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

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illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

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Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

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Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

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EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

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Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

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Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

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Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

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r e d o a k

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b e e c h

b a s s w o o d

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b l a c k c h e r r y

p o p l a r

h i c k o r y

p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

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ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

Page 18 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Aspen - Tremble44 FasF1F 6rsquo only 21000rsquoBlack Cherry - Cerisier44 FasF1F Sappy 14000rsquo44 Comsel 18000rsquo44 2 Com 18000rsquo44 FasF1F Narrow 5rdquo 7000rsquo54 Comsel 27000rsquo64 FasF1F 7rsquo+ 25000rsquo84 FasF1F 15000rsquo104 FasF1F 40000rsquo124 FasF1F 40000rsquo164 FasF1F 12000rsquoSoft Maple - Plaine54 FasF1F 25000rsquo64 FasF1F 20000rsquoHard Maple - Erable44 FasF1F Sap 19000rsquo44 FasF1F 1+2 w 40000rsquo54 FasF1F 1+2 w 30000rsquo64 FasF1F 1+2 w 30000rsquo84 FasF1F 1+2 w 25000rsquo104 FasF1F 1+2 w 18000rsquo124 FasF1F 1+2 w 8000rsquoRed Oak - Chene Rouge84 FasF1F 25000rsquo84 FasF1F RQ 15000rsquoWhite Ash - Frene Blanc34 FasF1F 4000rsquo34 FasF1F Narrow 6000rsquo

We now have possibility toofferA) Rift Quartered in Hard MapleCherry Walnut and Red OakB) FSC Certified in Hard Maple and Cherry

importexport timber productsrsquo stock exchangeHermitage Hardwood

Lumber Sales Inc

105 Ridgedale Drive PO Box 698Cookeville TN 38501 USA Cookeville TN 38503 USA

931-526-6832 bull 931-526-4769 FaxE-mail infohermitagehardwoodcom

lawsonhermitagehardwoodcomWebsite wwwhermitagehardwoodcom

Contact Parker Boles Adam Moran Steve Gunderson Lawson Maury - Export

wwwhermitagehardwoodcom

ASH

44 FAS 50mrsquo W1F 1516

44 FAS 20mrsquo Uns 1516

54 FAS 13mrsquo

54 2 Com 6mrsquo

64 2 Com 5mrsquo

84 1 Com 20mrsquo

BASSWOOD

44 FAS 20mrsquo

44 2 Com 10mrsquo

54 FAS 3mrsquo

CHERRY

44 FAS 35mrsquo

44 1 Com 35mrsquo

44 2 Com 45mrsquo

44 3 Com 25mrsquo

POPLAR

44 FAS 55mrsquo

44 FAS 12mrsquo S2S

44 FAS 7mrsquo 12rdquo amp Wider

44 1 Com 30mrsquo

44 2 Com 17mrsquo

44 2 Com 45mrsquo S2S

54 FAS 24mrsquo

54 1 Com 60mrsquo

54 2 Com 45mrsquo

64 FAS 68mrsquo

64 1 Com 39mrsquo

64 2 Com 30mrsquo

PRIMEWOOD LUMBER INCTel 819-478-7721 Fax 819-477-6662

1150 LabonteDrummondville PQ CN J2C 5Y4

Web wwwprimewood-lumbercomContact JJ Bourbeau - 819-478-7721

E-mail jjbourbeauprimewood-lumbercomGuy Genest - 819-478-7721

E-mailggenestprimewood-lumbercomDenis LeBlanc - 613-549-8348

E-maildenisleblancprimewoodonaibncomJ-F Audet - 819-478-7721

E-mail jfaudetprimewood-lumbercom

SPECIALS

AFRICAN MAHOGANY 58 44 - 124 6rsquo - 7rsquo only

For Sale

Alan McIlvain Company501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincom

Tropical Hardwood Lumbers

Genuine Mahogany

African Mahogany (Khaya)

Sapele Mahogany

Spanish Cedar

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Cole Hardwood Inc

P O Box 568

Logansport Indiana 46947

574-753-3151 Fax 574-753-2525

e-mail at davecolehardwoodcom

home page wwwcolehardwoodcom

5 TL 104 SampB Ash1 TL 54 SampB Basswood2 TL 54 1 Com Basswood1 TL 64 SampB Basswood2 TL 84 SampB Basswood3 TL 44 1 Com Beech3 TL 54 SampB Beech1 TL 84 SampB Beech5 TL 44 SampB Hickory4 TL 44 1 Com Hickory5 TL 44 2 Com Hickory1 TL 54 SampB Hickory3 TL 54 1 Com Hickory

FITZPATRICK amp WELLER IncEllicottville New York716-699-2393 phone

716-699-2893 faxsalesfitzwellercom

ASH44 FAS 9-10rsquo 1 Cont44 Select 6rsquo 6 mbf44 1 Com all white 5 mbf84 FAS 2 ContsAMERICAN BEECH44 FAS Steamed 6 mbf HARD MAPLE44 FAS straight 7rsquo 13 mbf44 FAS 9rsquo-12rsquo 1 Cont44 1 Com 1+2 white 3 Conts44 1 Com 1 White 2 Conts44 2 Com sap+btr 1 Cont64 1 Com 1+2 white 1 ContHICKORY44 FAS 2 mbf54 FAS 9 mbf54 1 Com 4 mbfRED OAK44 FAS straight 8rsquo 5 mbf44 FAS color sort S2S 1 Cont54 FAS color select S2S 1 Cont64 FAS 1 ContSOFT MAPLE44 FAS 1 Cont44 1 com brown S2S 1 Cont64 FAS 5 mbfWHITE OAK44 FAS 8 mbf

We also offer S2S SLR1E edge glueing face glueingCNC machining moulding boring sanding turning and carving

5 TL 54 2 Com Hickory5 TL 64 SampB Hickory5 TL 64 2 Com Hickory4 TL 84 SampB Hickory5 TL 84 1 Com Hickory2 TL 54 SampB W Oak2 TL 84 SampB W Oak2 TL 44 SampB Walnut4 TL 44 2 Com Walnut1 TL 54 SampB Walnut2 TL 64 SampB Walnut4 TL 84 SampB Walnut

Quality Hardwood Lumber and Moulding

Since 1798

SPECIALS- COLOR NO DEFECT

Red Oak 1516 FAS 7mrsquo

Red Oak 1 316 FAS 10mrsquo

Red Oak 1 716 FAS 6mrsquo

White Oak 44 FAS 4mrsquo White Oak 64 FAS 24mrsquo

FampW

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PO Box 97

Council Bluffs IA USA 51502

Call 1-712-325-9191 Fax 712-325-0156

E-Mail larrymmidwestwalnutcom

wwwmidwestwalnutcom

Kiln Dried LumberWalnut

44 ndash 204Cherry

44 amp 84Red Cedar 44 amp 64

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 19

500000 BF Dry Kiln Capacity 2 Million BF Dry Storage

Container Loading Mixed TLrsquos

S2S Ripped to Width Cut-Length amp Finger-Joint

Lumber Measured amp Inspected after Kiln Drying

importexport timber productsrsquo stock exchange

WM Cramer International Inc

Hickory NC 28603 USA

FAX (828) 397-3763 PH (828) 397-7481

E-Mail ruthccramerlumbercom

Web site wwwcramerlumbercom

WHITE OAK

44 FAS1FampBtr 1 ComHICKORY

44 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com54 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com64 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com84 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com

WALNUT

44 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com 54 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com64 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com84 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com

104 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com124 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com

YELLOW POPLAR

44 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com 54 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com 64 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com 84 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 2 Com

104 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 124 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com 164 FAS1FampBtr 1 Com

FOR SALE

Penn-Sylvan International Inc

Spartansburg Pennsylvania USA

Contact Bill Reese mobile (814) 881-7111

Telephone (814) 827-8271 Fax (814) 827-8272

E-mail PennSylvanUSAaolcom

wwwPenn-Sylvancom

Veneer Logs - 4 Sides Clean

2 x 40rsquo Northern Red Oak 15rdquo up

2 x 40rsquo Pennsylvania Cherry 14rdquo up - grade A

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2 x 40rsquo Nortthern White Oak 14rdquoup

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44 Pennsylvania Cherry - Prime and Comsel grades

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Hard Maple Veneer Logs - end Oct

shipment CUSTOM Grades Available -

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Contact Us Today

DOWNES amp READER HARDWOOD COIMPORT DIVISION

Stock subject to prior saleAfrican Mahogany44 SelBet 566354 SelBet 641164 SelBet 709684 SelBet 3598104 SelBet 4363124 SelBet 5696Bloodwood44 SelBet 2374Cumala54 1CBet 337084 1CBet 3530Genuine Mahogany64 SelBet 47784SelBet 65744 FEQ 314254 FEQ 126264 FEQ 279184 FEQ 1499104 FEQ 2836Ipe44 SelBet 2999

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Stoughton Mass 02072

GENUINE MAHOGANY LUMBER

CEREJEIRA

SPANISH CEDAR

SAPELE

SANTOS MAHOGANY

PERUVIAN WALNUT

Newman Lumber Co

Gulfport Sales Staff Doug Bill Pam Roy

Phone 1-800-647-9547 or (228) 832-1899

FAX (228) 831-1149Website newmanlumbercom

Mailing Address

PO Box 2580 - Gulfport MS 39505-2580

Manufacturing 44 Boards S4S S1S2ERough and pattern in 4rdquo through 12rdquo

Manufacturing all NELMA Grades whichinclude C SelectD Select

DBTR SelectFinish

PremiumStandardIndustrial

ShopCut StockTimbers

Hancock Lumber operates 3 SFIFSCCertified Sawmills in Maine and can produce

to your needs

PLEASE CONTACT

MATT DUPREY AT 207-627-6113

OR

JACK BOWEN AT 207-627-6115

PO Box 299 bull 1260 Poland Spring Rd

Casco ME 04015

Sales Fax (207) 627-4200

To learn more about us visit our

website at

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White PineAmericarsquos Largest

Eastern White Pine Producer

KILN DRIED LUMBER FOR SALE

Veneer Logs ndash 4 sides clear

2 x 40rsquo Northern Red Oak

15rdquo+

2 x 40rsquo Ohio White Oak 16rdquo+

2 x 40rsquo Cherry 14rdquo+

Veneer Logs ndash 3 sides clear

3 x 40rsquo Northern Red Oak

14rdquo+

5 x 40rsquo Ohio White Oak 16rdquo+

3 x 40rsquo Cherry 14rdquo+

Cherry

54 Prime KD Rgh

64 Prime KD Rgh

44 SEL KD Rgh

84 Prime KD Rgh

44 SelampBtr KD Rgh

Contact Ed Hershberger

Yoder Lumber Company Inc4515 TR 367

Millersburg OH 44654

Voice 330 893-3121

Fax 330 893-3031

Walnut

54 1C KD Rgh

54 2C KD Rgh

84 2C KD Rgh

44 FAS1F KD Rgh

54 FAS1F KD Rgh

84 FAS1F KD Rgh

Sycamore

44 1C 1CampBtr QtrampRift

KD Rgh

White Oak

44 SelampBtr Rift 4rdquo Strips KD

Rgh

44 SelampBtr Qtr KD Rgh

44 2C RiftampQtr KD Rgh

Jatoba44 SelBet 9086Lacewood44 SelBet 83084 SelBet 1274Royal Cedar84 SelBtr 2430Santos Mahogany44 SelBtr 256964 SelBtr 232284 SelBtr 5940 Sapele44 SelBtr 347084 SelBtr 8689Spanish Cedar44 1amp2 COM 115054 1amp2 COM 13164 1amp2 COM 510284 1amp2 COM 305364 SelBtr 677384 SelBtr 24088

Page 20 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 17

BUSINESS TRENDS(CANADA)

Economist at CMHCrsquos Market AnalysisCentre Multiple starts partially offset themoderationEven though there are record low interest

rates and a vast selection of homes this isinsufficient incentive to draw new buyersinto the market Recently the CanadianReal Estate Association (CREA) down-graded its sales forecast for the rest of theyear The resale housing market has been a

leading driver of Canadarsquos economicrecovery with prices rebounding fromrecessionary lows But the market seemsto have peaked and signs of stress areshowing across the country The drop is happening while mortgage

rates remain at record lows despite warn-ings from economists that they are boundto rise as the Bank of Canada moves itslending rate higher Competition among the banks for new

business along with falling bond yieldshave meant mortgage rates have beenlargely unaffected by any Bank of CanadamovesEven so buyers are reluctant to take the

plunge It is reported that many boughtearlier this year than they had anticipatedto get a lower mortgage rate and avoid theharmonized sales tax in Ontario and BritishColumbia which applies to professionalservices associated with buying a resalehome On the global real estate side Scotiabank

says the demand and prices slipped in thesecond quarter The rebound that liftedproperty values around the world is nowlosing momentum says their Global RealEstate Trends Report Housing demandand prices slipped in the second quarterThe market was sideswiped by moderatingglobal growth volatility in financial marketsand weak job creation ldquoGlobal real estate markets entered 2010

with a renewed sense of optimism piggy-backing on the broader economic recoveryunder wayrdquo wrote the senior economistldquoHousing demand and pricing improved inthe first quarter of the year in the majority

QUEBEC

The construction vacation break the sum-mer heat and summer holidays for most

of the advanced nations we track benefit-ting from ultra-low interest rates improvedaffordability and in some cases govern-ment purchase incentivesrdquo Australia and Canada saw double-digit

gains in inflation adjusted prices ldquomirroringtheir relatively more favourable employ-ment and lending conditionsrdquo ldquoThe recent slowdown has been most dra-

matic in Canadardquo the report statesldquoAverage home prices in Q2 were up just68 percent year-over-year compared with166 percent year-over-year in Q1 Saleswhile still at a high level have trendedsteadily lower alongside reduced afford-ability and exhausted pent-up demandrdquo Between 2000 and the first half of 2010

the average cost of a new home increasedby just over 50 percent ldquoOver the same period the average price

of a resale home more than doubledrdquo thereport said ldquoTraditionally the demand andpricing for new homes mirror but with alag trends in the resale market Whenresale housing selection is limited andorprices are increasing sharply buyers aremore likely to consider a new home pur-chaserdquo The reason the report points to ldquoa short-

age of resale listings relative to demand aboom in renovation activity that has addedvalue to the existing stock of housing andrising urban land valuesrdquo ldquoThe divergence in new and resale home

prices is seen in most markets across thecountry but to varying degreesrdquo the reportsaid ldquoThe biggest gap has opened up in British

Columbia where the lack of developableland in its largest city is a major contributorto its record high home prices On theother hand new home prices have largelytracked resale prices in Alberta andSaskatchewan where a massive influx ofpopulation attracted to the regionrsquos boom-ing economy and the inherent lag inadding sufficient new housing stockfuelled across-the-board appreciationrdquo

bull

reduced the rate of hardwood activity Thecommon grades are reported to be outper-forming the upper grades for Hard and RedOak Demand fell for Soft Maple with Ashsupplies being stretched thin Specialty items of Birch such as unselect-ed or stock with enhanced color lengthand width characteristics made for a firmmarket for this species Hard Maple andother whitewoodsrsquo logging and sawmillingproduction over the summer months weregreatly affected by weather conditionsQuantities produced were limited and italso affected the range of thicknessessawmills could produce Green HardMaple production has only been marginal-ly adequate to satisfy buyersrsquo needs for thecommon grades Due to the lower greenlumber production kiln dried Hard Mapleinventories showed evidence of supplystrains causing slight rises in pricing Soft Maple demand declined over thesummer months This is due to the weakerhome construction market and preferencesshifting to other species as well as a com-petitive market for this species There is mixed demand for Red Oakupper grades but in general market condi-tions are reported as solid for commongrades of this speciesBusiness for Oak flooring manufacturersappears to have stabilized as has the sup-ply situation There has been growth inmanufacturing activity with movement formost products Raw materials are ade-quate for the near term production needsEven though business appears to haveevened out business conditions have notcompletely settled There are still somesupply and demand imbalances for certainitems Select Red Oak 2-14rdquo is in amplesupply while 2-14rdquo No 1 Common RedOak supplies are thin Again the slowdownin residential construction has affected theuse of this species As a result some con-tacts reported having reduced their pro-duction schedules and are prepared toreduce these even more should marketsdipThe Canadian inflation reading released inmid-August raised concerns about thehealth of the Canadian economic reboundThe recent consumer price index showedan inflation rate of 18 percent a softerreading than expected by most econo-mists and a sign there are few pricing

pressures amid uneven demand for goods The inflation report is just the latest signalthat the recovery is slowing Other recenteconomic indicators showed the first dropin employment this year the cooling hous-ing market and signs that exports arealready suffering from weaker demand inthe US and Europe going into the secondhalf of the year

bull

Continued on page 21

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

LAKE STATES

A hardwood supplier in Indiana said over-all business conditions have improvedldquoTherersquos been a little pick up on volumebut not much Compared to six monthsago not much has changedldquoPeople just are not spending moneyrdquo heoffered when asked about the factorsinvolved ldquoOur products typically go in tothe higher end products and people justare not buying those items right nowrdquoPredominately producing quarter-sawnRed and White Oak the contact said hisinventory levels are up and his prices haveflat lined ldquoI am a kiln-dried buyer and theprices through the first quarter and part ofthe second quarter were rising significant-ly but things have flatlined now 44 RedOak is notably coming downrdquo heexplainedldquoSupply is increasing and the demand isnot there I think a lot of the run-up thathappened this year was supply driven Itwasnrsquot out there now it is And now thedemand isnrsquot thererdquoThe contact said availability of trucks isbecoming an issue ldquoTrucks are gettingtougher to come byrdquo he said ldquoAs a whole I think the next six months aregoing to be flat As far as our pricing goesI donrsquot see much changing I am responsi-ble for the retail operation here so I buy alot of lumber Irsquom also involved in the truck-load operations and I donrsquot see their pricesmoving any I do see prices coming downon some of the commodity items like plain

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 21

DOWNES amp READER HARDWOOD CO INCAsh Basswood BeechBirch Cherry Cypress

Hickory Hard Maple SoftMaple Birdrsquos Eye Maple

Curly Maple PoplarWalnut Red Oak White

Oak Aromatic CedarWestern Red Cedar

Redwood Sugar PineSYP

Lumber Mahogany (Genuine amp African)Jatoba Santos Mahogany BanakMarupa Peroba Rosa GuatambuPurpleheart Yellowheart MacarandubaTatajuba Spanish Cedar Royal CedarIpe Cumaru Tropical Walnut TeakAnegre White MahoganyProductsKiln Stacking Sticks Macaranduba IpeCumaru amp JatobaBlanks (Chamfer-Custom) Virola amp ParaParaDecking Ipe Cambara CumaruFlooring Jatoba Ipe Santos Mahogany

DIRECT EXPORTERS DIRECT IMPORTERS

Providing the following services4000000 BF Kiln Dried Inventory Planing Mill Straight Line Ripping Gang

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The most durable and cost-effectivekiln stick on the market

When You Canrsquot See the Forest for the Trees

Turn to DOWNES amp READER HARDWOOD CO INCImportExportt Division

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Web Site downesandreadercom

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Montreal Quebec

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MEMBER OFNHLA IHLA CLA Penn-York NELA

Continued on page 22

Continued from page 20

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

NORTHEAST

In Pennsylvania a hardwood supplier whooffers kiln dried lumber and dimensionalproducts said business conditions areabout the same as they were six monthsago with a brief uptick in-between time The contact who ships his products

nationally and overseas said ldquoWersquove seena large decrease through the summermonths from Europe Asia and the UnitedStates Wersquove had a tough time gettingitems to moverdquoIn reference to what caused the sales

decrease the contact said demand waslowSupplying Red and White Oak Hard and

Soft Maple Ash and Cherry he said allspecies are easily accessible and both hislog and lumber inventories are up ldquoLogprices are increasing and the lumber priceshave been decreasing so it makes it hard-er to move lumberrdquo The source doesnrsquotexpect much change in the next 60 to 90daysIn response to the downturn in the econo-

my he said his company installed a new ripline in their dimension facility to make theoperation more efficientldquoTransportation has been an issue for us

We have the Marcellus Shale in our areaWith the gas leasing and drilling going onitrsquos been very difficult to get truckers to haulproduct Everybody is tied up with the gascompanies Itrsquos been difficultrdquo According tothe Oil and Gas Accountability Project oiland gas leasing have taken this region bystorm since 2008A source in New Hampshire that supplies

44 through 164 hardwood lumber alsosaid sales activity was down from sixmonths ago ldquoWhat wersquore seeing is that ifyoursquore attached in any way to the stimulusprograms yoursquoll do okay Irsquove talked to anumber of people both in the lumber indus-try and as consumers and people are con-cerned Therersquos not a lot of stimulusapplied to what we do in the industryThings are getting lean againrdquoAs for log supply he said ldquoIf you want

logs theyrsquore available and you can proba-bly saw at 40 hours a week If you didnrsquotwant to pay the high price of logs right nowthen you probably are running limitedhours There are a lot of mills that arenrsquotcapable of getting the financing to have alog deck right nowrdquoThe source said demand on both the

domestic and export markets haddecreased ldquoI was talking to a customer inthe Midwest and they are very scaredbecause they havenrsquot been asked to quoteanything for close to 30 days nowrdquoHandling Red and White Oak Birch Hard

and Soft Maple Hickory and Cherry thecontact said Red Oak and Ash are movingthe best ldquoWe also have a concentrationyard and one thing that is changing thisindustry quite a bit is that you canrsquot movelumber the distances that we have for thepast 25 yearsrdquoAs for prices he said log and lumber

prices are currently up but he believes theywill level off in the next 60 to 90 daysMarketing to importers and wholesalers

internationally and domestic manufactur-ers the contact said he hopes the next sixmonths will show improvement but expectsit to stay the same ldquoI had better hopes ear-lier this year than I do nowrdquo he saidIn Elliotsburg Pa a hardwood supplier

who specializes in Poplar lumber saidldquoTherersquos a lot of resistance in the Commongrades Upper grades are still stable for usIt takes a little more work to move ourupper grade Poplar but we are able tomove it The Commons are under a littlemore pressurerdquoLike others in the region the contact said

he experienced a pick up in orders early in2010 but sales activity has now droppedoff ldquoWe picked up momentum earlier thisyear but wersquore uncertain about whatrsquosahead We were coming into an upwardtrend back in February Thatrsquos when peoplestarted buying volumes of lumber and pro-duction increasedrdquoSupplying all Appalachian species he said

that Red Oak was moving the fastest alongwith Poplar As for the coming months the source

said ldquoWersquore not going to overextend our-selves Wersquore definitely going to watchwhat we purchase and how much we pur-chaserdquoNearby in Pittsfield Pa a Hard and Soft

Maple and Red and White Oak suppliersaid his market was soft ldquoIt seems likethings have become relatively quiet overthe last month or two A lot of the compa-nies that we ship to on a continuous basishave slowed down considerably We alsoship to cabinet manufacturers and the

sawn Red Oak I definitely see prices com-ing down on itrdquoAnother hardwood supplier in Indianawhich offers 44 through 164 kiln driedupper grade Walnut and rift and quarteredWhite Oak also said sales activity is slow-ing down ldquoThings have slowed down hereas we head into the fall monthsrdquo he com-mented ldquoCustomers are ordering but theorders are fewer and further between thanthey were a few months ago Basically wehad a nice uptick in sales in the late springand early summer It seems the balance ofthe year is going to be more of a chal-lengerdquoAs for the factors involved he mentionedlog inventories ldquoI know down in the southit hasnrsquot been that wet and people are saw-ing and producing a lot of Poplar and OakUp here itrsquos been one of the wettest sum-mers in decades Logging conditions havenot been good and our log inventories arenot where we like them to beldquoIf you go back a year ago things werehorrible Then six months ago they startedto improve and three months before thatthey were really goodmdashnow theyrsquore back towhere they were six months ago Overall Iwould say the climate is changing but not alotrdquo he continuedOffering Ash Basswood Cherry HickoryHard and Soft Maple Red and White OakWalnut and Poplar the contact saidrdquoWalnut is moving the best right now fol-lowed by Red Oak Hickory and Poplar IfI had to pick one I would say that HardMaple is the most challenging species wehave in our house right nowldquoBecause wersquore vertically integrated webuy standing timber and saw it Most ofwhat we sell is our own production Sowersquore buying it as we find it in the woodsand dealing with it once it comes in Wehave a diverse inventory approachrdquo hementionedMarketing to distribution yards millworkand hardwood manufacturers the supplieris optimistic ldquoPrices may come down atick demand may be spotty but I thinkwersquove seen the worst of itrdquo he said A source in Michigan characterized themarket as ldquonot great but not awfulrdquo He saidhis operation has seen about a 35 percentincrease in 2010 ldquoWe were down so lowthat 35 percent isnrsquot quite enough to put usback where we need to berdquo he explainedProducing grade and industrial lumber thecontact said supply shortages are stillbeing felt on the industrial side ldquoThereseems to be a little supply shortage in RedOak on the grade and industrial cantsldquoWe have a unique situation here Wehave two mills and wersquore surrounded bystate timber in Michigan So when thegrade market gets good the grade mills bidon the lower grade timber to get as muchvolume as they can so it cuts into the lowergrade logs that we buy So itrsquos kind of aunique thing where we cut about 4 or 5 mil-lion board feet of grade lumber and the restis industrial graderdquo he saidShipping products in a 600-mile radius hesaid transportation had been an issue untilrecent weeks ldquoThe trucks have been tiedup hauling steel between southernMichigan and the Chicago area Nowtrucks are readily available theyrsquore nottransporting much steel right now Howlong that will last is anybodyrsquos guessrdquoFor the remainder of 2010 the contactrsquosoutlook is fair ldquoWersquore looking better weekafter week Not where we need to be butbetter Our mills are only operating threedays a weekrdquoIn another Michigan city a hardwood sup-plier who specializes in Hard Maple saidCommon markets are good but the highergrades are at a standstill ldquoI think everyonehas held up with his or her inventories andnow theyrsquore cautious because the marketdidnrsquot reboundrdquo she commentedldquoOver the summer we probably produced90 percent of Hard Maple Itrsquos typicallyabout 50 percent of our production but wealso saw a little bit of Red Leaf Soft MapleYellow Birch Basswood and AshrdquoAs for which specie is currently moving thebest the contact said the top three areHard and Soft Maple and Common RedOak ldquoOur inventory levels are decent butthe majority of what I have on hold isSelect and Betterrdquo

bull

Page 22 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 21

Continued on page 23

SOUTHEAST

In Augusta Ga a hardwood supplier saidthe lumber market is soft ldquoIt has been softfrom about the middle of June Wersquore mov-ing lumber right now but therersquos not a lot ofpressure for it At least in our area we arestarting to see some improvements in pro-duction levels at the sawmills I think theconsumers are pushing back a little bit towait and see what happens in regards topricing Theyrsquore not buying out of panic any-more I think theyrsquore starting to feel a littlemore confidence that the lumber will bethererdquo he explainedThe contact which handles all

Appalachian and southern species said No2 and 3 A Red and White Oak is movingwell along with all grades of Ash ldquoI thinkthat the sawmillsrsquo inventory levels inregards to logs have improved in the south-eastrdquo he said ldquoPoplar is the specie that hasbeen influenced the most in our particulararea The premiums paid over and abovethe actual freight charges are comingdown I donrsquot know that theyrsquore going tocome down enough to effect pricing I thinkcertain key species will continue to slideHard and Soft Maple and Cherry are all softright now Thatrsquos not uncommon with thewhitewoods this time of yearrdquoHe said transportation is a heavy issue for

his operation ldquoAs for exporting the oceanfreight rates are so erratic you just donrsquotknow how to plan However domesticfreight rates seem fairly stable for usrdquoMarketing to secondary manufacturers

the source said he doesnrsquot look for improve-ment for several years ldquoOne out of everyeighth person is behind on their mortgagepayments according to a recent report Iread I think wersquore still going to see a lotmore foreclosures The bottom line is thatour market will not recover until housingstarts come backrdquoA source in Virginia which offers Red and

White Oak and Poplar said ldquoGenerally Ithink the market is improved It seems to bestable but I think the advances in pricinghave eased I think everybody is playingcatch up Prices ran up over the last four orfive months and this last month has found aplateaurdquoCompared to six months prior he said

business activity is better ldquoPeople are see-ing profits now that they were not getting inJanuary but wersquore flat from a month agoSo itrsquos better than six months ago but wersquorein a state of change right nowrdquoHe mentioned a suppressed demand com-

bined with increased production as con-tributing factors to the current situationldquoThe general economic mood is not healthyfor purchasing What wersquove seen lately iseverybody is getting up to full capacityrdquo hesaidWhile the contact isnrsquot having difficulty

finding the products he needs he said thefuture of his log inventory is not secureldquoOur lumber inventories compared to a yearago are still down Four years ago we wereinventorying 39 million feet and wersquore cur-rently sitting at about 13 million feet to giveyou an idea of where wersquore atrdquoldquoI think as we head into fall the continued

pressure to have material to saw is going tokeep a firm posture on log pricing We haveadjusted ourselves to a back to basics atti-tuderdquo he said of the companyrsquos adjust-ments to the market conditions ldquoWe haveimproved efficiencies and wersquore learning tolive with less in terms of inventories Wersquove

retailers That business seems to be softas well We donrsquot sell directly to the exportmarket but we deal with agents and thatmarket seems to be on hold There is justnot a lot of activity in any market right nowItrsquos better than what it was a year ago butworse than what it was two months agoldquoIt seems like everyone that Irsquove talked to

that exports lumber either has no ordersright now or a lot of the orders are on holdEveryone is competing for the same smallmarkets right nowrdquo he continued ldquoWalnut is the one species that there is not

enough production for the needrdquo the sup-plier said ldquoOur inventories are at an aver-age level but wersquove slowed down our capa-bilities to keep it that way Wersquore not run-ning at 100 percent right now if we werewersquod be overproducedrdquoLooking at the months ahead he said ldquoIf

things continue the way theyrsquore going a lotof the larger companies are going to buildup their inventories which means kiln driedlumber will be offered at a lower pricerdquo

bull

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

had to reduce some of our staff and resizeour organization to the size of the demandthatrsquos out thererdquoHe mentioned that transportation costs

have been relatively decent ldquoItrsquos beenpretty stable for us Domestically we arestarting to see an increase on freight pricesbut thatrsquos very recentrdquoLooking ahead the source is uncertain ldquoI

think the activity level is uncertain Wersquollhold what wersquove got but generally the sup-ply situation is going to keep prices fromdropping I donrsquot think we can out producewhat is generally a good momentum in themarket I think there is a cap for a lot ofreasons upon how much production wecan haverdquoIn North Carolina a Red and White Oak

and Poplar supplier said market conditionsare fair ldquoWithin one specie there are differ-ent things going on with the different thick-nesses and grades Itrsquos certainly been aquieter market these last two monthsrdquoHe also said with mills that had previous-

ly been mothballed in his area openingback up the over supply issue is greater ldquoIdonrsquot think demand is much better than itwas last year but there was a lack of sup-ply Now that has caught up with demandand causing prices to increaseldquoI think once the domestic flooring manu-

facturers get their inventories built back upwhich is whatrsquos keeping the domestic mar-ket propped up now I believe prices willtrend back downrdquoAdjusting to the market he said ldquoWersquore

watching our inventories and wersquore moreaware of things that we didnrsquot have to be soaware of in years past For example if the44 Oak market got bad years ago andprices were being discounted you didnrsquotconsider drying all of it because you knewthat market was going to pick back upNow you canrsquot assume that anything isgoing to pick up in the next two monthsrdquoFor the next six months the supplier said

he doesnrsquot expect demand to be much bet-ter than last year ldquoIt largely depends onsupply If supply continues to gain itrsquosgoing to be a rough next few monthsrdquo hesaid

bull

WEST COAST

On the West Coast a hardwood supplierin Long Beach Calif said market condi-tions are beginning to improve ldquoIt seemsto be getting a little better Collectingmoney is a big strugglerdquo he explainedldquoThere are a few more orders coming inbut they are coming in bit by bitrdquoThe contact said he believes most people

arenrsquot holding inventory ldquoI donrsquot think any-one is holding much of anything Theyrsquorejust buying day to day as their orders comeinrdquoStocking Poplar Alder Maple Cherry and

Mahogany he isnrsquot having trouble findingthe material he needs ldquoThere are somethings wersquore out of like the thicker Oaksbut I donrsquot think anybody is going to beneeding that for a whilerdquoAs for inventory levels he said ldquoWe are

keeping our inventory levels low by designWith the reload centers out here itrsquos easyto get what you need and because yoursquorenot sure what and when the customer willneed anything thatrsquos the safer way to goldquoOur prices are flat and I donrsquot see that

changing much over the next 60 daysWalnut keeps pushing its way up but theothers are flatrdquo he continuedWhen asked about changes his company

has assimilated to adjust to market condi-tions he said ldquoWe do some outside saleswith another company We now marketpanel products for them along with ourown hardwood lumberrdquoMarketing to furniture cabinet and mill-

work manufacturers the source is opti-mistic ldquoI donrsquot think things are going todrastically improve but little by little Ibelieve wersquoll see improvementsrdquoIn Oregon a hardwood distributor which

services door and millwork manufacturersas well as retail and industrial segmentssaid the overall market outlook is bleakldquoNothing is happening People are notremodeling or building decks onto theirhomes The demand just isnrsquot there for anyproduct right nowrdquoHandling all domestic species the source

said all species were moving but nothing ismoving particularly well He said supply iscurrently not an issue and inventory levelsare down ldquoPrices are stable but they arestarting to soften The buyers are now inthe position to push back a little bit and geta few dollars on concessionrdquoIn order to adjust to the downturn in the

economy the contact said his company hasreduced inventory employees and facili-

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

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Continued from page 22

NEWSWIRES

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

bull

LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

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bull Information on US marketing and manufacturing systems

bull Promotional assistance

bull Technical information on US products and species

bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

AHEC-EuropeMiddle EastIndia3 St Michaelrsquos AlleyLondon EC3V 9DSUnited KingdomFAX 44-171-626-4222

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United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

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OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

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US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

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IIMMPPOORRTTEEXXPPOORRTT CCAALLEENNDDAARR

Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

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Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

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Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

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CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

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Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

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knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

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Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

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Since 1893

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R B LUMBER COMPANY

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Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

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BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

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bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

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Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

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1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

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Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

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illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

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your source for reliable service and the highest

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1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

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Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

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EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

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Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

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whoo supply

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Representedd Online

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AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

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Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

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ASSOCIATION

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Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

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Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

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Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

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Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

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C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

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Gulfport Sales Staff Doug Bill Pam Roy

Phone 1-800-647-9547 or (228) 832-1899

FAX (228) 831-1149Website newmanlumbercom

Mailing Address

PO Box 2580 - Gulfport MS 39505-2580

Manufacturing 44 Boards S4S S1S2ERough and pattern in 4rdquo through 12rdquo

Manufacturing all NELMA Grades whichinclude C SelectD Select

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Hancock Lumber operates 3 SFIFSCCertified Sawmills in Maine and can produce

to your needs

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MATT DUPREY AT 207-627-6113

OR

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To learn more about us visit our

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Eastern White PineAmericarsquos Largest

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Voice 330 893-3121

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84 2C KD Rgh

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44 1C 1CampBtr QtrampRift

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Page 20 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 17

BUSINESS TRENDS(CANADA)

Economist at CMHCrsquos Market AnalysisCentre Multiple starts partially offset themoderationEven though there are record low interest

rates and a vast selection of homes this isinsufficient incentive to draw new buyersinto the market Recently the CanadianReal Estate Association (CREA) down-graded its sales forecast for the rest of theyear The resale housing market has been a

leading driver of Canadarsquos economicrecovery with prices rebounding fromrecessionary lows But the market seemsto have peaked and signs of stress areshowing across the country The drop is happening while mortgage

rates remain at record lows despite warn-ings from economists that they are boundto rise as the Bank of Canada moves itslending rate higher Competition among the banks for new

business along with falling bond yieldshave meant mortgage rates have beenlargely unaffected by any Bank of CanadamovesEven so buyers are reluctant to take the

plunge It is reported that many boughtearlier this year than they had anticipatedto get a lower mortgage rate and avoid theharmonized sales tax in Ontario and BritishColumbia which applies to professionalservices associated with buying a resalehome On the global real estate side Scotiabank

says the demand and prices slipped in thesecond quarter The rebound that liftedproperty values around the world is nowlosing momentum says their Global RealEstate Trends Report Housing demandand prices slipped in the second quarterThe market was sideswiped by moderatingglobal growth volatility in financial marketsand weak job creation ldquoGlobal real estate markets entered 2010

with a renewed sense of optimism piggy-backing on the broader economic recoveryunder wayrdquo wrote the senior economistldquoHousing demand and pricing improved inthe first quarter of the year in the majority

QUEBEC

The construction vacation break the sum-mer heat and summer holidays for most

of the advanced nations we track benefit-ting from ultra-low interest rates improvedaffordability and in some cases govern-ment purchase incentivesrdquo Australia and Canada saw double-digit

gains in inflation adjusted prices ldquomirroringtheir relatively more favourable employ-ment and lending conditionsrdquo ldquoThe recent slowdown has been most dra-

matic in Canadardquo the report statesldquoAverage home prices in Q2 were up just68 percent year-over-year compared with166 percent year-over-year in Q1 Saleswhile still at a high level have trendedsteadily lower alongside reduced afford-ability and exhausted pent-up demandrdquo Between 2000 and the first half of 2010

the average cost of a new home increasedby just over 50 percent ldquoOver the same period the average price

of a resale home more than doubledrdquo thereport said ldquoTraditionally the demand andpricing for new homes mirror but with alag trends in the resale market Whenresale housing selection is limited andorprices are increasing sharply buyers aremore likely to consider a new home pur-chaserdquo The reason the report points to ldquoa short-

age of resale listings relative to demand aboom in renovation activity that has addedvalue to the existing stock of housing andrising urban land valuesrdquo ldquoThe divergence in new and resale home

prices is seen in most markets across thecountry but to varying degreesrdquo the reportsaid ldquoThe biggest gap has opened up in British

Columbia where the lack of developableland in its largest city is a major contributorto its record high home prices On theother hand new home prices have largelytracked resale prices in Alberta andSaskatchewan where a massive influx ofpopulation attracted to the regionrsquos boom-ing economy and the inherent lag inadding sufficient new housing stockfuelled across-the-board appreciationrdquo

bull

reduced the rate of hardwood activity Thecommon grades are reported to be outper-forming the upper grades for Hard and RedOak Demand fell for Soft Maple with Ashsupplies being stretched thin Specialty items of Birch such as unselect-ed or stock with enhanced color lengthand width characteristics made for a firmmarket for this species Hard Maple andother whitewoodsrsquo logging and sawmillingproduction over the summer months weregreatly affected by weather conditionsQuantities produced were limited and italso affected the range of thicknessessawmills could produce Green HardMaple production has only been marginal-ly adequate to satisfy buyersrsquo needs for thecommon grades Due to the lower greenlumber production kiln dried Hard Mapleinventories showed evidence of supplystrains causing slight rises in pricing Soft Maple demand declined over thesummer months This is due to the weakerhome construction market and preferencesshifting to other species as well as a com-petitive market for this species There is mixed demand for Red Oakupper grades but in general market condi-tions are reported as solid for commongrades of this speciesBusiness for Oak flooring manufacturersappears to have stabilized as has the sup-ply situation There has been growth inmanufacturing activity with movement formost products Raw materials are ade-quate for the near term production needsEven though business appears to haveevened out business conditions have notcompletely settled There are still somesupply and demand imbalances for certainitems Select Red Oak 2-14rdquo is in amplesupply while 2-14rdquo No 1 Common RedOak supplies are thin Again the slowdownin residential construction has affected theuse of this species As a result some con-tacts reported having reduced their pro-duction schedules and are prepared toreduce these even more should marketsdipThe Canadian inflation reading released inmid-August raised concerns about thehealth of the Canadian economic reboundThe recent consumer price index showedan inflation rate of 18 percent a softerreading than expected by most econo-mists and a sign there are few pricing

pressures amid uneven demand for goods The inflation report is just the latest signalthat the recovery is slowing Other recenteconomic indicators showed the first dropin employment this year the cooling hous-ing market and signs that exports arealready suffering from weaker demand inthe US and Europe going into the secondhalf of the year

bull

Continued on page 21

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

LAKE STATES

A hardwood supplier in Indiana said over-all business conditions have improvedldquoTherersquos been a little pick up on volumebut not much Compared to six monthsago not much has changedldquoPeople just are not spending moneyrdquo heoffered when asked about the factorsinvolved ldquoOur products typically go in tothe higher end products and people justare not buying those items right nowrdquoPredominately producing quarter-sawnRed and White Oak the contact said hisinventory levels are up and his prices haveflat lined ldquoI am a kiln-dried buyer and theprices through the first quarter and part ofthe second quarter were rising significant-ly but things have flatlined now 44 RedOak is notably coming downrdquo heexplainedldquoSupply is increasing and the demand isnot there I think a lot of the run-up thathappened this year was supply driven Itwasnrsquot out there now it is And now thedemand isnrsquot thererdquoThe contact said availability of trucks isbecoming an issue ldquoTrucks are gettingtougher to come byrdquo he said ldquoAs a whole I think the next six months aregoing to be flat As far as our pricing goesI donrsquot see much changing I am responsi-ble for the retail operation here so I buy alot of lumber Irsquom also involved in the truck-load operations and I donrsquot see their pricesmoving any I do see prices coming downon some of the commodity items like plain

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 21

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Continued on page 22

Continued from page 20

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

NORTHEAST

In Pennsylvania a hardwood supplier whooffers kiln dried lumber and dimensionalproducts said business conditions areabout the same as they were six monthsago with a brief uptick in-between time The contact who ships his products

nationally and overseas said ldquoWersquove seena large decrease through the summermonths from Europe Asia and the UnitedStates Wersquove had a tough time gettingitems to moverdquoIn reference to what caused the sales

decrease the contact said demand waslowSupplying Red and White Oak Hard and

Soft Maple Ash and Cherry he said allspecies are easily accessible and both hislog and lumber inventories are up ldquoLogprices are increasing and the lumber priceshave been decreasing so it makes it hard-er to move lumberrdquo The source doesnrsquotexpect much change in the next 60 to 90daysIn response to the downturn in the econo-

my he said his company installed a new ripline in their dimension facility to make theoperation more efficientldquoTransportation has been an issue for us

We have the Marcellus Shale in our areaWith the gas leasing and drilling going onitrsquos been very difficult to get truckers to haulproduct Everybody is tied up with the gascompanies Itrsquos been difficultrdquo According tothe Oil and Gas Accountability Project oiland gas leasing have taken this region bystorm since 2008A source in New Hampshire that supplies

44 through 164 hardwood lumber alsosaid sales activity was down from sixmonths ago ldquoWhat wersquore seeing is that ifyoursquore attached in any way to the stimulusprograms yoursquoll do okay Irsquove talked to anumber of people both in the lumber indus-try and as consumers and people are con-cerned Therersquos not a lot of stimulusapplied to what we do in the industryThings are getting lean againrdquoAs for log supply he said ldquoIf you want

logs theyrsquore available and you can proba-bly saw at 40 hours a week If you didnrsquotwant to pay the high price of logs right nowthen you probably are running limitedhours There are a lot of mills that arenrsquotcapable of getting the financing to have alog deck right nowrdquoThe source said demand on both the

domestic and export markets haddecreased ldquoI was talking to a customer inthe Midwest and they are very scaredbecause they havenrsquot been asked to quoteanything for close to 30 days nowrdquoHandling Red and White Oak Birch Hard

and Soft Maple Hickory and Cherry thecontact said Red Oak and Ash are movingthe best ldquoWe also have a concentrationyard and one thing that is changing thisindustry quite a bit is that you canrsquot movelumber the distances that we have for thepast 25 yearsrdquoAs for prices he said log and lumber

prices are currently up but he believes theywill level off in the next 60 to 90 daysMarketing to importers and wholesalers

internationally and domestic manufactur-ers the contact said he hopes the next sixmonths will show improvement but expectsit to stay the same ldquoI had better hopes ear-lier this year than I do nowrdquo he saidIn Elliotsburg Pa a hardwood supplier

who specializes in Poplar lumber saidldquoTherersquos a lot of resistance in the Commongrades Upper grades are still stable for usIt takes a little more work to move ourupper grade Poplar but we are able tomove it The Commons are under a littlemore pressurerdquoLike others in the region the contact said

he experienced a pick up in orders early in2010 but sales activity has now droppedoff ldquoWe picked up momentum earlier thisyear but wersquore uncertain about whatrsquosahead We were coming into an upwardtrend back in February Thatrsquos when peoplestarted buying volumes of lumber and pro-duction increasedrdquoSupplying all Appalachian species he said

that Red Oak was moving the fastest alongwith Poplar As for the coming months the source

said ldquoWersquore not going to overextend our-selves Wersquore definitely going to watchwhat we purchase and how much we pur-chaserdquoNearby in Pittsfield Pa a Hard and Soft

Maple and Red and White Oak suppliersaid his market was soft ldquoIt seems likethings have become relatively quiet overthe last month or two A lot of the compa-nies that we ship to on a continuous basishave slowed down considerably We alsoship to cabinet manufacturers and the

sawn Red Oak I definitely see prices com-ing down on itrdquoAnother hardwood supplier in Indianawhich offers 44 through 164 kiln driedupper grade Walnut and rift and quarteredWhite Oak also said sales activity is slow-ing down ldquoThings have slowed down hereas we head into the fall monthsrdquo he com-mented ldquoCustomers are ordering but theorders are fewer and further between thanthey were a few months ago Basically wehad a nice uptick in sales in the late springand early summer It seems the balance ofthe year is going to be more of a chal-lengerdquoAs for the factors involved he mentionedlog inventories ldquoI know down in the southit hasnrsquot been that wet and people are saw-ing and producing a lot of Poplar and OakUp here itrsquos been one of the wettest sum-mers in decades Logging conditions havenot been good and our log inventories arenot where we like them to beldquoIf you go back a year ago things werehorrible Then six months ago they startedto improve and three months before thatthey were really goodmdashnow theyrsquore back towhere they were six months ago Overall Iwould say the climate is changing but not alotrdquo he continuedOffering Ash Basswood Cherry HickoryHard and Soft Maple Red and White OakWalnut and Poplar the contact saidrdquoWalnut is moving the best right now fol-lowed by Red Oak Hickory and Poplar IfI had to pick one I would say that HardMaple is the most challenging species wehave in our house right nowldquoBecause wersquore vertically integrated webuy standing timber and saw it Most ofwhat we sell is our own production Sowersquore buying it as we find it in the woodsand dealing with it once it comes in Wehave a diverse inventory approachrdquo hementionedMarketing to distribution yards millworkand hardwood manufacturers the supplieris optimistic ldquoPrices may come down atick demand may be spotty but I thinkwersquove seen the worst of itrdquo he said A source in Michigan characterized themarket as ldquonot great but not awfulrdquo He saidhis operation has seen about a 35 percentincrease in 2010 ldquoWe were down so lowthat 35 percent isnrsquot quite enough to put usback where we need to berdquo he explainedProducing grade and industrial lumber thecontact said supply shortages are stillbeing felt on the industrial side ldquoThereseems to be a little supply shortage in RedOak on the grade and industrial cantsldquoWe have a unique situation here Wehave two mills and wersquore surrounded bystate timber in Michigan So when thegrade market gets good the grade mills bidon the lower grade timber to get as muchvolume as they can so it cuts into the lowergrade logs that we buy So itrsquos kind of aunique thing where we cut about 4 or 5 mil-lion board feet of grade lumber and the restis industrial graderdquo he saidShipping products in a 600-mile radius hesaid transportation had been an issue untilrecent weeks ldquoThe trucks have been tiedup hauling steel between southernMichigan and the Chicago area Nowtrucks are readily available theyrsquore nottransporting much steel right now Howlong that will last is anybodyrsquos guessrdquoFor the remainder of 2010 the contactrsquosoutlook is fair ldquoWersquore looking better weekafter week Not where we need to be butbetter Our mills are only operating threedays a weekrdquoIn another Michigan city a hardwood sup-plier who specializes in Hard Maple saidCommon markets are good but the highergrades are at a standstill ldquoI think everyonehas held up with his or her inventories andnow theyrsquore cautious because the marketdidnrsquot reboundrdquo she commentedldquoOver the summer we probably produced90 percent of Hard Maple Itrsquos typicallyabout 50 percent of our production but wealso saw a little bit of Red Leaf Soft MapleYellow Birch Basswood and AshrdquoAs for which specie is currently moving thebest the contact said the top three areHard and Soft Maple and Common RedOak ldquoOur inventory levels are decent butthe majority of what I have on hold isSelect and Betterrdquo

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Page 22 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 21

Continued on page 23

SOUTHEAST

In Augusta Ga a hardwood supplier saidthe lumber market is soft ldquoIt has been softfrom about the middle of June Wersquore mov-ing lumber right now but therersquos not a lot ofpressure for it At least in our area we arestarting to see some improvements in pro-duction levels at the sawmills I think theconsumers are pushing back a little bit towait and see what happens in regards topricing Theyrsquore not buying out of panic any-more I think theyrsquore starting to feel a littlemore confidence that the lumber will bethererdquo he explainedThe contact which handles all

Appalachian and southern species said No2 and 3 A Red and White Oak is movingwell along with all grades of Ash ldquoI thinkthat the sawmillsrsquo inventory levels inregards to logs have improved in the south-eastrdquo he said ldquoPoplar is the specie that hasbeen influenced the most in our particulararea The premiums paid over and abovethe actual freight charges are comingdown I donrsquot know that theyrsquore going tocome down enough to effect pricing I thinkcertain key species will continue to slideHard and Soft Maple and Cherry are all softright now Thatrsquos not uncommon with thewhitewoods this time of yearrdquoHe said transportation is a heavy issue for

his operation ldquoAs for exporting the oceanfreight rates are so erratic you just donrsquotknow how to plan However domesticfreight rates seem fairly stable for usrdquoMarketing to secondary manufacturers

the source said he doesnrsquot look for improve-ment for several years ldquoOne out of everyeighth person is behind on their mortgagepayments according to a recent report Iread I think wersquore still going to see a lotmore foreclosures The bottom line is thatour market will not recover until housingstarts come backrdquoA source in Virginia which offers Red and

White Oak and Poplar said ldquoGenerally Ithink the market is improved It seems to bestable but I think the advances in pricinghave eased I think everybody is playingcatch up Prices ran up over the last four orfive months and this last month has found aplateaurdquoCompared to six months prior he said

business activity is better ldquoPeople are see-ing profits now that they were not getting inJanuary but wersquore flat from a month agoSo itrsquos better than six months ago but wersquorein a state of change right nowrdquoHe mentioned a suppressed demand com-

bined with increased production as con-tributing factors to the current situationldquoThe general economic mood is not healthyfor purchasing What wersquove seen lately iseverybody is getting up to full capacityrdquo hesaidWhile the contact isnrsquot having difficulty

finding the products he needs he said thefuture of his log inventory is not secureldquoOur lumber inventories compared to a yearago are still down Four years ago we wereinventorying 39 million feet and wersquore cur-rently sitting at about 13 million feet to giveyou an idea of where wersquore atrdquoldquoI think as we head into fall the continued

pressure to have material to saw is going tokeep a firm posture on log pricing We haveadjusted ourselves to a back to basics atti-tuderdquo he said of the companyrsquos adjust-ments to the market conditions ldquoWe haveimproved efficiencies and wersquore learning tolive with less in terms of inventories Wersquove

retailers That business seems to be softas well We donrsquot sell directly to the exportmarket but we deal with agents and thatmarket seems to be on hold There is justnot a lot of activity in any market right nowItrsquos better than what it was a year ago butworse than what it was two months agoldquoIt seems like everyone that Irsquove talked to

that exports lumber either has no ordersright now or a lot of the orders are on holdEveryone is competing for the same smallmarkets right nowrdquo he continued ldquoWalnut is the one species that there is not

enough production for the needrdquo the sup-plier said ldquoOur inventories are at an aver-age level but wersquove slowed down our capa-bilities to keep it that way Wersquore not run-ning at 100 percent right now if we werewersquod be overproducedrdquoLooking at the months ahead he said ldquoIf

things continue the way theyrsquore going a lotof the larger companies are going to buildup their inventories which means kiln driedlumber will be offered at a lower pricerdquo

bull

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

had to reduce some of our staff and resizeour organization to the size of the demandthatrsquos out thererdquoHe mentioned that transportation costs

have been relatively decent ldquoItrsquos beenpretty stable for us Domestically we arestarting to see an increase on freight pricesbut thatrsquos very recentrdquoLooking ahead the source is uncertain ldquoI

think the activity level is uncertain Wersquollhold what wersquove got but generally the sup-ply situation is going to keep prices fromdropping I donrsquot think we can out producewhat is generally a good momentum in themarket I think there is a cap for a lot ofreasons upon how much production wecan haverdquoIn North Carolina a Red and White Oak

and Poplar supplier said market conditionsare fair ldquoWithin one specie there are differ-ent things going on with the different thick-nesses and grades Itrsquos certainly been aquieter market these last two monthsrdquoHe also said with mills that had previous-

ly been mothballed in his area openingback up the over supply issue is greater ldquoIdonrsquot think demand is much better than itwas last year but there was a lack of sup-ply Now that has caught up with demandand causing prices to increaseldquoI think once the domestic flooring manu-

facturers get their inventories built back upwhich is whatrsquos keeping the domestic mar-ket propped up now I believe prices willtrend back downrdquoAdjusting to the market he said ldquoWersquore

watching our inventories and wersquore moreaware of things that we didnrsquot have to be soaware of in years past For example if the44 Oak market got bad years ago andprices were being discounted you didnrsquotconsider drying all of it because you knewthat market was going to pick back upNow you canrsquot assume that anything isgoing to pick up in the next two monthsrdquoFor the next six months the supplier said

he doesnrsquot expect demand to be much bet-ter than last year ldquoIt largely depends onsupply If supply continues to gain itrsquosgoing to be a rough next few monthsrdquo hesaid

bull

WEST COAST

On the West Coast a hardwood supplierin Long Beach Calif said market condi-tions are beginning to improve ldquoIt seemsto be getting a little better Collectingmoney is a big strugglerdquo he explainedldquoThere are a few more orders coming inbut they are coming in bit by bitrdquoThe contact said he believes most people

arenrsquot holding inventory ldquoI donrsquot think any-one is holding much of anything Theyrsquorejust buying day to day as their orders comeinrdquoStocking Poplar Alder Maple Cherry and

Mahogany he isnrsquot having trouble findingthe material he needs ldquoThere are somethings wersquore out of like the thicker Oaksbut I donrsquot think anybody is going to beneeding that for a whilerdquoAs for inventory levels he said ldquoWe are

keeping our inventory levels low by designWith the reload centers out here itrsquos easyto get what you need and because yoursquorenot sure what and when the customer willneed anything thatrsquos the safer way to goldquoOur prices are flat and I donrsquot see that

changing much over the next 60 daysWalnut keeps pushing its way up but theothers are flatrdquo he continuedWhen asked about changes his company

has assimilated to adjust to market condi-tions he said ldquoWe do some outside saleswith another company We now marketpanel products for them along with ourown hardwood lumberrdquoMarketing to furniture cabinet and mill-

work manufacturers the source is opti-mistic ldquoI donrsquot think things are going todrastically improve but little by little Ibelieve wersquoll see improvementsrdquoIn Oregon a hardwood distributor which

services door and millwork manufacturersas well as retail and industrial segmentssaid the overall market outlook is bleakldquoNothing is happening People are notremodeling or building decks onto theirhomes The demand just isnrsquot there for anyproduct right nowrdquoHandling all domestic species the source

said all species were moving but nothing ismoving particularly well He said supply iscurrently not an issue and inventory levelsare down ldquoPrices are stable but they arestarting to soften The buyers are now inthe position to push back a little bit and geta few dollars on concessionrdquoIn order to adjust to the downturn in the

economy the contact said his company hasreduced inventory employees and facili-

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

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PRODUCTS AND SPECIESThicknesses from 34 to 164

SEE US ON THE WEB ATwwwprimewood-lumbercom

Primewood Lumberinc

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bull Red Oakbull White Oakbull Cherrybull Maplebull Ashbull Yellow Birch

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Specializing in Hard Maple bull Cherry bull Soft Maple bull Red Oak bull Ash

Hardwood Lumber and Logs

Export Packaging and Container Loading

Band Sawn Lumber at

Shinglehouse Pennsylvania (USA) location

Lumber Sales - Mike Tarbell - Rus Gustin

Phone 814-697-7185 FAX 814-697-7190Log Sales - Bob Mallery

Phone 814-697-6576 FAX 814-697-6637

E-Mail ramsalesfrontiernetnet

Mailing Address 1716 Honeoye Rd

Shinglehouse Pa 16748-9739

Manufacturers and Exporters of QualityPennsylvania Hardwoods producing

25000000 BF annually1000000rsquo Kiln capacity

Continued from page 22

NEWSWIRES

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

bull

LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

Page 24 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

ldquoAA CUTT ABOVErdquoSPECIALIZINGG INN APITONG KERUING KAPURR ANDD OTHERR

IMPORTED HARDWOODD SPECIESORIGINALL MANUFACTURERR ANDD AFTERR MARKETT TRUCKK AND

TRAILERR DECKINGG ANDD RAILL CARR FLOORING

EXPORTT OFF DOMESTICC HARDWOODD ANDD SOFTWOOODD ALSOO AVAILABLE

QUALITYY FORESTT PRODUCTSS FROMSELECTEDD DOMESTICC ANDD OVERSEASS MANUFACTURERS

CUSTOMM FABRICATEDD WOODD PRODUCTS

ldquoWEE DOO THEE DIFFICULTT WITHH EASEANDD THEE IMPOSSIBLEE WITHH GRACErdquo

SERVICEE WITHH INTEGRITY

FORR MOREE INFORMAATIONN CONTACT DAVIDD XOacuteCHIHUA11044 MAINN STREET SUITEE M-150

VANCOUVER WAA 98682-00122 USAA PO BOXX 8200563TEL 36069085322 FAX 3606900035Website wwwaztecintltimbercom

E-mail davidxaztecintltimbercom

AHEC andUS Hardwoods

Great American ResourcesThe American Hardwood Export Council - theonly major overseas export program for UShardwoods AHEC services the trade withinformation and assistance for importersspecifiers and users

bull Source lists of suppliers

bull Information on US marketing and manufacturing systems

bull Promotional assistance

bull Technical information on US products and species

bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

AHEC-EuropeMiddle EastIndia3 St Michaelrsquos AlleyLondon EC3V 9DSUnited KingdomFAX 44-171-626-4222

AHEC-KoreaUS Agricultural Trade Ofcco American Forest amp Paper AssocRoom 303 Leema Building146-1 Suson-dong Chongro-kuSeoul (110-140) KoreaFAX 82-2-720-1898

AHEC-MexicoUS ATOUS Agricultural Trade OfficeJaime Balmes No 8 Piso 2Col Los Morales Polanco11510 Mexico DFFAX 52-5-282-0919

AHEC-Southeast AsiaRm 528 West WingNew World Office Bldg20 Salisbury RoadTsimshatsui Hong KongFAX 852-2366-8931

AHEC-Osakaco American Consulate General2-11-5 NishitenmaKita-ku Osaka 530 JapanFAX 81-6-6-315-5103

AHEC-ChinaOffice C615Bejing Lufthansa Center50 Liangmaquiao RoadBeijing 100016Peoplersquos Republic of ChinaFAX 86-10 6463-8047

United States Headquarters1111 19th Street NWSuite 800Washington DC 20036FAX 202-463-2787

reg

Michael Snow Executive Director telephone 202-463-2774

United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

AHEC-Southeast Asia ampGreater China1305 13th FloorBank of America Tower12 Harcourt RdHong Kong

AHEC-MexicoSierra Candela No111-507Col Lomas de Chapultepec11000 Mexico DF MexicoFAX 52-55-2623-1853

AHEC- ShanghaiRm 2762-63 271FK Wan CentreNo 1010 Huaihai Zong RoadShanghai China PC 200031FAX 8621-6103-1288

wwwahec-chinaorg wwwahec-seasiaorgMichael Snow Executive Director

telephone 703-435-2900

FITZPATRICK amp WELLER12 Mill Street middot PO Box 490 middot Ellicottville NY 14731wwwfitzwellercom middot salesfitzwellercom

716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

The Natural Source of World Hardwoodsbull Nearly 30 years experience in supplying Tropical Hardwoods direct from source in West Africa to

the North American Market

bull Suppliers of the whole range of African Species including Sapele Sipo Mahogany OkoumeGuarea Makore Afromosia Teak Iroko Walnut Mansonia Bubinga Wenge Padouk Hyedua

and others

bull Expertise in TimberComprehensive ServiceContinuity of Supply

Working with NHG Timber is Working in Partnership

NHG TIMBER LTD4 Eagle House Cranleigh Close Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LH United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0) 20 8651 4030 Fax +44 (0) 20 8651 0913E-mail salesnhgtimbercouk Website wwwnhgtimbercouk

Member of theTimber TradeFederation

T R O P I C A L F O R E S T

F O U N D A T I O N

NHG TIMBER LTD

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Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

NNoovveemmbbeerr

NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

DDeecceemmbbeerr

US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

bull

IIMMPPOORRTTEEXXPPOORRTT CCAALLEENNDDAARR

Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

bullFFeeddeerraall WWaayy WWaasshhiinnggttoonnmdashmdash

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

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December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

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C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

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Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

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INDUSTRIALS

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PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

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CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

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Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

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Contact Charlie Freeman

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Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

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bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

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Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

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PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

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7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

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IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

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207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

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Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

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Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

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quality Western Red Cedar products

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Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

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whoo supply

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OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

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CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

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Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

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the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

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ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

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Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

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Page 20 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 17

BUSINESS TRENDS(CANADA)

Economist at CMHCrsquos Market AnalysisCentre Multiple starts partially offset themoderationEven though there are record low interest

rates and a vast selection of homes this isinsufficient incentive to draw new buyersinto the market Recently the CanadianReal Estate Association (CREA) down-graded its sales forecast for the rest of theyear The resale housing market has been a

leading driver of Canadarsquos economicrecovery with prices rebounding fromrecessionary lows But the market seemsto have peaked and signs of stress areshowing across the country The drop is happening while mortgage

rates remain at record lows despite warn-ings from economists that they are boundto rise as the Bank of Canada moves itslending rate higher Competition among the banks for new

business along with falling bond yieldshave meant mortgage rates have beenlargely unaffected by any Bank of CanadamovesEven so buyers are reluctant to take the

plunge It is reported that many boughtearlier this year than they had anticipatedto get a lower mortgage rate and avoid theharmonized sales tax in Ontario and BritishColumbia which applies to professionalservices associated with buying a resalehome On the global real estate side Scotiabank

says the demand and prices slipped in thesecond quarter The rebound that liftedproperty values around the world is nowlosing momentum says their Global RealEstate Trends Report Housing demandand prices slipped in the second quarterThe market was sideswiped by moderatingglobal growth volatility in financial marketsand weak job creation ldquoGlobal real estate markets entered 2010

with a renewed sense of optimism piggy-backing on the broader economic recoveryunder wayrdquo wrote the senior economistldquoHousing demand and pricing improved inthe first quarter of the year in the majority

QUEBEC

The construction vacation break the sum-mer heat and summer holidays for most

of the advanced nations we track benefit-ting from ultra-low interest rates improvedaffordability and in some cases govern-ment purchase incentivesrdquo Australia and Canada saw double-digit

gains in inflation adjusted prices ldquomirroringtheir relatively more favourable employ-ment and lending conditionsrdquo ldquoThe recent slowdown has been most dra-

matic in Canadardquo the report statesldquoAverage home prices in Q2 were up just68 percent year-over-year compared with166 percent year-over-year in Q1 Saleswhile still at a high level have trendedsteadily lower alongside reduced afford-ability and exhausted pent-up demandrdquo Between 2000 and the first half of 2010

the average cost of a new home increasedby just over 50 percent ldquoOver the same period the average price

of a resale home more than doubledrdquo thereport said ldquoTraditionally the demand andpricing for new homes mirror but with alag trends in the resale market Whenresale housing selection is limited andorprices are increasing sharply buyers aremore likely to consider a new home pur-chaserdquo The reason the report points to ldquoa short-

age of resale listings relative to demand aboom in renovation activity that has addedvalue to the existing stock of housing andrising urban land valuesrdquo ldquoThe divergence in new and resale home

prices is seen in most markets across thecountry but to varying degreesrdquo the reportsaid ldquoThe biggest gap has opened up in British

Columbia where the lack of developableland in its largest city is a major contributorto its record high home prices On theother hand new home prices have largelytracked resale prices in Alberta andSaskatchewan where a massive influx ofpopulation attracted to the regionrsquos boom-ing economy and the inherent lag inadding sufficient new housing stockfuelled across-the-board appreciationrdquo

bull

reduced the rate of hardwood activity Thecommon grades are reported to be outper-forming the upper grades for Hard and RedOak Demand fell for Soft Maple with Ashsupplies being stretched thin Specialty items of Birch such as unselect-ed or stock with enhanced color lengthand width characteristics made for a firmmarket for this species Hard Maple andother whitewoodsrsquo logging and sawmillingproduction over the summer months weregreatly affected by weather conditionsQuantities produced were limited and italso affected the range of thicknessessawmills could produce Green HardMaple production has only been marginal-ly adequate to satisfy buyersrsquo needs for thecommon grades Due to the lower greenlumber production kiln dried Hard Mapleinventories showed evidence of supplystrains causing slight rises in pricing Soft Maple demand declined over thesummer months This is due to the weakerhome construction market and preferencesshifting to other species as well as a com-petitive market for this species There is mixed demand for Red Oakupper grades but in general market condi-tions are reported as solid for commongrades of this speciesBusiness for Oak flooring manufacturersappears to have stabilized as has the sup-ply situation There has been growth inmanufacturing activity with movement formost products Raw materials are ade-quate for the near term production needsEven though business appears to haveevened out business conditions have notcompletely settled There are still somesupply and demand imbalances for certainitems Select Red Oak 2-14rdquo is in amplesupply while 2-14rdquo No 1 Common RedOak supplies are thin Again the slowdownin residential construction has affected theuse of this species As a result some con-tacts reported having reduced their pro-duction schedules and are prepared toreduce these even more should marketsdipThe Canadian inflation reading released inmid-August raised concerns about thehealth of the Canadian economic reboundThe recent consumer price index showedan inflation rate of 18 percent a softerreading than expected by most econo-mists and a sign there are few pricing

pressures amid uneven demand for goods The inflation report is just the latest signalthat the recovery is slowing Other recenteconomic indicators showed the first dropin employment this year the cooling hous-ing market and signs that exports arealready suffering from weaker demand inthe US and Europe going into the secondhalf of the year

bull

Continued on page 21

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

LAKE STATES

A hardwood supplier in Indiana said over-all business conditions have improvedldquoTherersquos been a little pick up on volumebut not much Compared to six monthsago not much has changedldquoPeople just are not spending moneyrdquo heoffered when asked about the factorsinvolved ldquoOur products typically go in tothe higher end products and people justare not buying those items right nowrdquoPredominately producing quarter-sawnRed and White Oak the contact said hisinventory levels are up and his prices haveflat lined ldquoI am a kiln-dried buyer and theprices through the first quarter and part ofthe second quarter were rising significant-ly but things have flatlined now 44 RedOak is notably coming downrdquo heexplainedldquoSupply is increasing and the demand isnot there I think a lot of the run-up thathappened this year was supply driven Itwasnrsquot out there now it is And now thedemand isnrsquot thererdquoThe contact said availability of trucks isbecoming an issue ldquoTrucks are gettingtougher to come byrdquo he said ldquoAs a whole I think the next six months aregoing to be flat As far as our pricing goesI donrsquot see much changing I am responsi-ble for the retail operation here so I buy alot of lumber Irsquom also involved in the truck-load operations and I donrsquot see their pricesmoving any I do see prices coming downon some of the commodity items like plain

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 21

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wwwkingcitynorthwaycom

MEMBER OFNHLA IHLA CLA Penn-York NELA

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BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

NORTHEAST

In Pennsylvania a hardwood supplier whooffers kiln dried lumber and dimensionalproducts said business conditions areabout the same as they were six monthsago with a brief uptick in-between time The contact who ships his products

nationally and overseas said ldquoWersquove seena large decrease through the summermonths from Europe Asia and the UnitedStates Wersquove had a tough time gettingitems to moverdquoIn reference to what caused the sales

decrease the contact said demand waslowSupplying Red and White Oak Hard and

Soft Maple Ash and Cherry he said allspecies are easily accessible and both hislog and lumber inventories are up ldquoLogprices are increasing and the lumber priceshave been decreasing so it makes it hard-er to move lumberrdquo The source doesnrsquotexpect much change in the next 60 to 90daysIn response to the downturn in the econo-

my he said his company installed a new ripline in their dimension facility to make theoperation more efficientldquoTransportation has been an issue for us

We have the Marcellus Shale in our areaWith the gas leasing and drilling going onitrsquos been very difficult to get truckers to haulproduct Everybody is tied up with the gascompanies Itrsquos been difficultrdquo According tothe Oil and Gas Accountability Project oiland gas leasing have taken this region bystorm since 2008A source in New Hampshire that supplies

44 through 164 hardwood lumber alsosaid sales activity was down from sixmonths ago ldquoWhat wersquore seeing is that ifyoursquore attached in any way to the stimulusprograms yoursquoll do okay Irsquove talked to anumber of people both in the lumber indus-try and as consumers and people are con-cerned Therersquos not a lot of stimulusapplied to what we do in the industryThings are getting lean againrdquoAs for log supply he said ldquoIf you want

logs theyrsquore available and you can proba-bly saw at 40 hours a week If you didnrsquotwant to pay the high price of logs right nowthen you probably are running limitedhours There are a lot of mills that arenrsquotcapable of getting the financing to have alog deck right nowrdquoThe source said demand on both the

domestic and export markets haddecreased ldquoI was talking to a customer inthe Midwest and they are very scaredbecause they havenrsquot been asked to quoteanything for close to 30 days nowrdquoHandling Red and White Oak Birch Hard

and Soft Maple Hickory and Cherry thecontact said Red Oak and Ash are movingthe best ldquoWe also have a concentrationyard and one thing that is changing thisindustry quite a bit is that you canrsquot movelumber the distances that we have for thepast 25 yearsrdquoAs for prices he said log and lumber

prices are currently up but he believes theywill level off in the next 60 to 90 daysMarketing to importers and wholesalers

internationally and domestic manufactur-ers the contact said he hopes the next sixmonths will show improvement but expectsit to stay the same ldquoI had better hopes ear-lier this year than I do nowrdquo he saidIn Elliotsburg Pa a hardwood supplier

who specializes in Poplar lumber saidldquoTherersquos a lot of resistance in the Commongrades Upper grades are still stable for usIt takes a little more work to move ourupper grade Poplar but we are able tomove it The Commons are under a littlemore pressurerdquoLike others in the region the contact said

he experienced a pick up in orders early in2010 but sales activity has now droppedoff ldquoWe picked up momentum earlier thisyear but wersquore uncertain about whatrsquosahead We were coming into an upwardtrend back in February Thatrsquos when peoplestarted buying volumes of lumber and pro-duction increasedrdquoSupplying all Appalachian species he said

that Red Oak was moving the fastest alongwith Poplar As for the coming months the source

said ldquoWersquore not going to overextend our-selves Wersquore definitely going to watchwhat we purchase and how much we pur-chaserdquoNearby in Pittsfield Pa a Hard and Soft

Maple and Red and White Oak suppliersaid his market was soft ldquoIt seems likethings have become relatively quiet overthe last month or two A lot of the compa-nies that we ship to on a continuous basishave slowed down considerably We alsoship to cabinet manufacturers and the

sawn Red Oak I definitely see prices com-ing down on itrdquoAnother hardwood supplier in Indianawhich offers 44 through 164 kiln driedupper grade Walnut and rift and quarteredWhite Oak also said sales activity is slow-ing down ldquoThings have slowed down hereas we head into the fall monthsrdquo he com-mented ldquoCustomers are ordering but theorders are fewer and further between thanthey were a few months ago Basically wehad a nice uptick in sales in the late springand early summer It seems the balance ofthe year is going to be more of a chal-lengerdquoAs for the factors involved he mentionedlog inventories ldquoI know down in the southit hasnrsquot been that wet and people are saw-ing and producing a lot of Poplar and OakUp here itrsquos been one of the wettest sum-mers in decades Logging conditions havenot been good and our log inventories arenot where we like them to beldquoIf you go back a year ago things werehorrible Then six months ago they startedto improve and three months before thatthey were really goodmdashnow theyrsquore back towhere they were six months ago Overall Iwould say the climate is changing but not alotrdquo he continuedOffering Ash Basswood Cherry HickoryHard and Soft Maple Red and White OakWalnut and Poplar the contact saidrdquoWalnut is moving the best right now fol-lowed by Red Oak Hickory and Poplar IfI had to pick one I would say that HardMaple is the most challenging species wehave in our house right nowldquoBecause wersquore vertically integrated webuy standing timber and saw it Most ofwhat we sell is our own production Sowersquore buying it as we find it in the woodsand dealing with it once it comes in Wehave a diverse inventory approachrdquo hementionedMarketing to distribution yards millworkand hardwood manufacturers the supplieris optimistic ldquoPrices may come down atick demand may be spotty but I thinkwersquove seen the worst of itrdquo he said A source in Michigan characterized themarket as ldquonot great but not awfulrdquo He saidhis operation has seen about a 35 percentincrease in 2010 ldquoWe were down so lowthat 35 percent isnrsquot quite enough to put usback where we need to berdquo he explainedProducing grade and industrial lumber thecontact said supply shortages are stillbeing felt on the industrial side ldquoThereseems to be a little supply shortage in RedOak on the grade and industrial cantsldquoWe have a unique situation here Wehave two mills and wersquore surrounded bystate timber in Michigan So when thegrade market gets good the grade mills bidon the lower grade timber to get as muchvolume as they can so it cuts into the lowergrade logs that we buy So itrsquos kind of aunique thing where we cut about 4 or 5 mil-lion board feet of grade lumber and the restis industrial graderdquo he saidShipping products in a 600-mile radius hesaid transportation had been an issue untilrecent weeks ldquoThe trucks have been tiedup hauling steel between southernMichigan and the Chicago area Nowtrucks are readily available theyrsquore nottransporting much steel right now Howlong that will last is anybodyrsquos guessrdquoFor the remainder of 2010 the contactrsquosoutlook is fair ldquoWersquore looking better weekafter week Not where we need to be butbetter Our mills are only operating threedays a weekrdquoIn another Michigan city a hardwood sup-plier who specializes in Hard Maple saidCommon markets are good but the highergrades are at a standstill ldquoI think everyonehas held up with his or her inventories andnow theyrsquore cautious because the marketdidnrsquot reboundrdquo she commentedldquoOver the summer we probably produced90 percent of Hard Maple Itrsquos typicallyabout 50 percent of our production but wealso saw a little bit of Red Leaf Soft MapleYellow Birch Basswood and AshrdquoAs for which specie is currently moving thebest the contact said the top three areHard and Soft Maple and Common RedOak ldquoOur inventory levels are decent butthe majority of what I have on hold isSelect and Betterrdquo

bull

Page 22 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 21

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SOUTHEAST

In Augusta Ga a hardwood supplier saidthe lumber market is soft ldquoIt has been softfrom about the middle of June Wersquore mov-ing lumber right now but therersquos not a lot ofpressure for it At least in our area we arestarting to see some improvements in pro-duction levels at the sawmills I think theconsumers are pushing back a little bit towait and see what happens in regards topricing Theyrsquore not buying out of panic any-more I think theyrsquore starting to feel a littlemore confidence that the lumber will bethererdquo he explainedThe contact which handles all

Appalachian and southern species said No2 and 3 A Red and White Oak is movingwell along with all grades of Ash ldquoI thinkthat the sawmillsrsquo inventory levels inregards to logs have improved in the south-eastrdquo he said ldquoPoplar is the specie that hasbeen influenced the most in our particulararea The premiums paid over and abovethe actual freight charges are comingdown I donrsquot know that theyrsquore going tocome down enough to effect pricing I thinkcertain key species will continue to slideHard and Soft Maple and Cherry are all softright now Thatrsquos not uncommon with thewhitewoods this time of yearrdquoHe said transportation is a heavy issue for

his operation ldquoAs for exporting the oceanfreight rates are so erratic you just donrsquotknow how to plan However domesticfreight rates seem fairly stable for usrdquoMarketing to secondary manufacturers

the source said he doesnrsquot look for improve-ment for several years ldquoOne out of everyeighth person is behind on their mortgagepayments according to a recent report Iread I think wersquore still going to see a lotmore foreclosures The bottom line is thatour market will not recover until housingstarts come backrdquoA source in Virginia which offers Red and

White Oak and Poplar said ldquoGenerally Ithink the market is improved It seems to bestable but I think the advances in pricinghave eased I think everybody is playingcatch up Prices ran up over the last four orfive months and this last month has found aplateaurdquoCompared to six months prior he said

business activity is better ldquoPeople are see-ing profits now that they were not getting inJanuary but wersquore flat from a month agoSo itrsquos better than six months ago but wersquorein a state of change right nowrdquoHe mentioned a suppressed demand com-

bined with increased production as con-tributing factors to the current situationldquoThe general economic mood is not healthyfor purchasing What wersquove seen lately iseverybody is getting up to full capacityrdquo hesaidWhile the contact isnrsquot having difficulty

finding the products he needs he said thefuture of his log inventory is not secureldquoOur lumber inventories compared to a yearago are still down Four years ago we wereinventorying 39 million feet and wersquore cur-rently sitting at about 13 million feet to giveyou an idea of where wersquore atrdquoldquoI think as we head into fall the continued

pressure to have material to saw is going tokeep a firm posture on log pricing We haveadjusted ourselves to a back to basics atti-tuderdquo he said of the companyrsquos adjust-ments to the market conditions ldquoWe haveimproved efficiencies and wersquore learning tolive with less in terms of inventories Wersquove

retailers That business seems to be softas well We donrsquot sell directly to the exportmarket but we deal with agents and thatmarket seems to be on hold There is justnot a lot of activity in any market right nowItrsquos better than what it was a year ago butworse than what it was two months agoldquoIt seems like everyone that Irsquove talked to

that exports lumber either has no ordersright now or a lot of the orders are on holdEveryone is competing for the same smallmarkets right nowrdquo he continued ldquoWalnut is the one species that there is not

enough production for the needrdquo the sup-plier said ldquoOur inventories are at an aver-age level but wersquove slowed down our capa-bilities to keep it that way Wersquore not run-ning at 100 percent right now if we werewersquod be overproducedrdquoLooking at the months ahead he said ldquoIf

things continue the way theyrsquore going a lotof the larger companies are going to buildup their inventories which means kiln driedlumber will be offered at a lower pricerdquo

bull

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

had to reduce some of our staff and resizeour organization to the size of the demandthatrsquos out thererdquoHe mentioned that transportation costs

have been relatively decent ldquoItrsquos beenpretty stable for us Domestically we arestarting to see an increase on freight pricesbut thatrsquos very recentrdquoLooking ahead the source is uncertain ldquoI

think the activity level is uncertain Wersquollhold what wersquove got but generally the sup-ply situation is going to keep prices fromdropping I donrsquot think we can out producewhat is generally a good momentum in themarket I think there is a cap for a lot ofreasons upon how much production wecan haverdquoIn North Carolina a Red and White Oak

and Poplar supplier said market conditionsare fair ldquoWithin one specie there are differ-ent things going on with the different thick-nesses and grades Itrsquos certainly been aquieter market these last two monthsrdquoHe also said with mills that had previous-

ly been mothballed in his area openingback up the over supply issue is greater ldquoIdonrsquot think demand is much better than itwas last year but there was a lack of sup-ply Now that has caught up with demandand causing prices to increaseldquoI think once the domestic flooring manu-

facturers get their inventories built back upwhich is whatrsquos keeping the domestic mar-ket propped up now I believe prices willtrend back downrdquoAdjusting to the market he said ldquoWersquore

watching our inventories and wersquore moreaware of things that we didnrsquot have to be soaware of in years past For example if the44 Oak market got bad years ago andprices were being discounted you didnrsquotconsider drying all of it because you knewthat market was going to pick back upNow you canrsquot assume that anything isgoing to pick up in the next two monthsrdquoFor the next six months the supplier said

he doesnrsquot expect demand to be much bet-ter than last year ldquoIt largely depends onsupply If supply continues to gain itrsquosgoing to be a rough next few monthsrdquo hesaid

bull

WEST COAST

On the West Coast a hardwood supplierin Long Beach Calif said market condi-tions are beginning to improve ldquoIt seemsto be getting a little better Collectingmoney is a big strugglerdquo he explainedldquoThere are a few more orders coming inbut they are coming in bit by bitrdquoThe contact said he believes most people

arenrsquot holding inventory ldquoI donrsquot think any-one is holding much of anything Theyrsquorejust buying day to day as their orders comeinrdquoStocking Poplar Alder Maple Cherry and

Mahogany he isnrsquot having trouble findingthe material he needs ldquoThere are somethings wersquore out of like the thicker Oaksbut I donrsquot think anybody is going to beneeding that for a whilerdquoAs for inventory levels he said ldquoWe are

keeping our inventory levels low by designWith the reload centers out here itrsquos easyto get what you need and because yoursquorenot sure what and when the customer willneed anything thatrsquos the safer way to goldquoOur prices are flat and I donrsquot see that

changing much over the next 60 daysWalnut keeps pushing its way up but theothers are flatrdquo he continuedWhen asked about changes his company

has assimilated to adjust to market condi-tions he said ldquoWe do some outside saleswith another company We now marketpanel products for them along with ourown hardwood lumberrdquoMarketing to furniture cabinet and mill-

work manufacturers the source is opti-mistic ldquoI donrsquot think things are going todrastically improve but little by little Ibelieve wersquoll see improvementsrdquoIn Oregon a hardwood distributor which

services door and millwork manufacturersas well as retail and industrial segmentssaid the overall market outlook is bleakldquoNothing is happening People are notremodeling or building decks onto theirhomes The demand just isnrsquot there for anyproduct right nowrdquoHandling all domestic species the source

said all species were moving but nothing ismoving particularly well He said supply iscurrently not an issue and inventory levelsare down ldquoPrices are stable but they arestarting to soften The buyers are now inthe position to push back a little bit and geta few dollars on concessionrdquoIn order to adjust to the downturn in the

economy the contact said his company hasreduced inventory employees and facili-

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

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Continued from page 22

NEWSWIRES

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

bull

LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

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bull Information on US marketing and manufacturing systems

bull Promotional assistance

bull Technical information on US products and species

bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

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United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

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716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

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US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

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IIMMPPOORRTTEEXXPPOORRTT CCAALLEENNDDAARR

Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

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Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

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Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

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CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

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knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

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Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

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Since 1893

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R B LUMBER COMPANY

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INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

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1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

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BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

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bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

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9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

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1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

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Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

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illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

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your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

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RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

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EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

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Representedd Online

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CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

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Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

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Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

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Continued on page 22

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BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

NORTHEAST

In Pennsylvania a hardwood supplier whooffers kiln dried lumber and dimensionalproducts said business conditions areabout the same as they were six monthsago with a brief uptick in-between time The contact who ships his products

nationally and overseas said ldquoWersquove seena large decrease through the summermonths from Europe Asia and the UnitedStates Wersquove had a tough time gettingitems to moverdquoIn reference to what caused the sales

decrease the contact said demand waslowSupplying Red and White Oak Hard and

Soft Maple Ash and Cherry he said allspecies are easily accessible and both hislog and lumber inventories are up ldquoLogprices are increasing and the lumber priceshave been decreasing so it makes it hard-er to move lumberrdquo The source doesnrsquotexpect much change in the next 60 to 90daysIn response to the downturn in the econo-

my he said his company installed a new ripline in their dimension facility to make theoperation more efficientldquoTransportation has been an issue for us

We have the Marcellus Shale in our areaWith the gas leasing and drilling going onitrsquos been very difficult to get truckers to haulproduct Everybody is tied up with the gascompanies Itrsquos been difficultrdquo According tothe Oil and Gas Accountability Project oiland gas leasing have taken this region bystorm since 2008A source in New Hampshire that supplies

44 through 164 hardwood lumber alsosaid sales activity was down from sixmonths ago ldquoWhat wersquore seeing is that ifyoursquore attached in any way to the stimulusprograms yoursquoll do okay Irsquove talked to anumber of people both in the lumber indus-try and as consumers and people are con-cerned Therersquos not a lot of stimulusapplied to what we do in the industryThings are getting lean againrdquoAs for log supply he said ldquoIf you want

logs theyrsquore available and you can proba-bly saw at 40 hours a week If you didnrsquotwant to pay the high price of logs right nowthen you probably are running limitedhours There are a lot of mills that arenrsquotcapable of getting the financing to have alog deck right nowrdquoThe source said demand on both the

domestic and export markets haddecreased ldquoI was talking to a customer inthe Midwest and they are very scaredbecause they havenrsquot been asked to quoteanything for close to 30 days nowrdquoHandling Red and White Oak Birch Hard

and Soft Maple Hickory and Cherry thecontact said Red Oak and Ash are movingthe best ldquoWe also have a concentrationyard and one thing that is changing thisindustry quite a bit is that you canrsquot movelumber the distances that we have for thepast 25 yearsrdquoAs for prices he said log and lumber

prices are currently up but he believes theywill level off in the next 60 to 90 daysMarketing to importers and wholesalers

internationally and domestic manufactur-ers the contact said he hopes the next sixmonths will show improvement but expectsit to stay the same ldquoI had better hopes ear-lier this year than I do nowrdquo he saidIn Elliotsburg Pa a hardwood supplier

who specializes in Poplar lumber saidldquoTherersquos a lot of resistance in the Commongrades Upper grades are still stable for usIt takes a little more work to move ourupper grade Poplar but we are able tomove it The Commons are under a littlemore pressurerdquoLike others in the region the contact said

he experienced a pick up in orders early in2010 but sales activity has now droppedoff ldquoWe picked up momentum earlier thisyear but wersquore uncertain about whatrsquosahead We were coming into an upwardtrend back in February Thatrsquos when peoplestarted buying volumes of lumber and pro-duction increasedrdquoSupplying all Appalachian species he said

that Red Oak was moving the fastest alongwith Poplar As for the coming months the source

said ldquoWersquore not going to overextend our-selves Wersquore definitely going to watchwhat we purchase and how much we pur-chaserdquoNearby in Pittsfield Pa a Hard and Soft

Maple and Red and White Oak suppliersaid his market was soft ldquoIt seems likethings have become relatively quiet overthe last month or two A lot of the compa-nies that we ship to on a continuous basishave slowed down considerably We alsoship to cabinet manufacturers and the

sawn Red Oak I definitely see prices com-ing down on itrdquoAnother hardwood supplier in Indianawhich offers 44 through 164 kiln driedupper grade Walnut and rift and quarteredWhite Oak also said sales activity is slow-ing down ldquoThings have slowed down hereas we head into the fall monthsrdquo he com-mented ldquoCustomers are ordering but theorders are fewer and further between thanthey were a few months ago Basically wehad a nice uptick in sales in the late springand early summer It seems the balance ofthe year is going to be more of a chal-lengerdquoAs for the factors involved he mentionedlog inventories ldquoI know down in the southit hasnrsquot been that wet and people are saw-ing and producing a lot of Poplar and OakUp here itrsquos been one of the wettest sum-mers in decades Logging conditions havenot been good and our log inventories arenot where we like them to beldquoIf you go back a year ago things werehorrible Then six months ago they startedto improve and three months before thatthey were really goodmdashnow theyrsquore back towhere they were six months ago Overall Iwould say the climate is changing but not alotrdquo he continuedOffering Ash Basswood Cherry HickoryHard and Soft Maple Red and White OakWalnut and Poplar the contact saidrdquoWalnut is moving the best right now fol-lowed by Red Oak Hickory and Poplar IfI had to pick one I would say that HardMaple is the most challenging species wehave in our house right nowldquoBecause wersquore vertically integrated webuy standing timber and saw it Most ofwhat we sell is our own production Sowersquore buying it as we find it in the woodsand dealing with it once it comes in Wehave a diverse inventory approachrdquo hementionedMarketing to distribution yards millworkand hardwood manufacturers the supplieris optimistic ldquoPrices may come down atick demand may be spotty but I thinkwersquove seen the worst of itrdquo he said A source in Michigan characterized themarket as ldquonot great but not awfulrdquo He saidhis operation has seen about a 35 percentincrease in 2010 ldquoWe were down so lowthat 35 percent isnrsquot quite enough to put usback where we need to berdquo he explainedProducing grade and industrial lumber thecontact said supply shortages are stillbeing felt on the industrial side ldquoThereseems to be a little supply shortage in RedOak on the grade and industrial cantsldquoWe have a unique situation here Wehave two mills and wersquore surrounded bystate timber in Michigan So when thegrade market gets good the grade mills bidon the lower grade timber to get as muchvolume as they can so it cuts into the lowergrade logs that we buy So itrsquos kind of aunique thing where we cut about 4 or 5 mil-lion board feet of grade lumber and the restis industrial graderdquo he saidShipping products in a 600-mile radius hesaid transportation had been an issue untilrecent weeks ldquoThe trucks have been tiedup hauling steel between southernMichigan and the Chicago area Nowtrucks are readily available theyrsquore nottransporting much steel right now Howlong that will last is anybodyrsquos guessrdquoFor the remainder of 2010 the contactrsquosoutlook is fair ldquoWersquore looking better weekafter week Not where we need to be butbetter Our mills are only operating threedays a weekrdquoIn another Michigan city a hardwood sup-plier who specializes in Hard Maple saidCommon markets are good but the highergrades are at a standstill ldquoI think everyonehas held up with his or her inventories andnow theyrsquore cautious because the marketdidnrsquot reboundrdquo she commentedldquoOver the summer we probably produced90 percent of Hard Maple Itrsquos typicallyabout 50 percent of our production but wealso saw a little bit of Red Leaf Soft MapleYellow Birch Basswood and AshrdquoAs for which specie is currently moving thebest the contact said the top three areHard and Soft Maple and Common RedOak ldquoOur inventory levels are decent butthe majority of what I have on hold isSelect and Betterrdquo

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Page 22 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 21

Continued on page 23

SOUTHEAST

In Augusta Ga a hardwood supplier saidthe lumber market is soft ldquoIt has been softfrom about the middle of June Wersquore mov-ing lumber right now but therersquos not a lot ofpressure for it At least in our area we arestarting to see some improvements in pro-duction levels at the sawmills I think theconsumers are pushing back a little bit towait and see what happens in regards topricing Theyrsquore not buying out of panic any-more I think theyrsquore starting to feel a littlemore confidence that the lumber will bethererdquo he explainedThe contact which handles all

Appalachian and southern species said No2 and 3 A Red and White Oak is movingwell along with all grades of Ash ldquoI thinkthat the sawmillsrsquo inventory levels inregards to logs have improved in the south-eastrdquo he said ldquoPoplar is the specie that hasbeen influenced the most in our particulararea The premiums paid over and abovethe actual freight charges are comingdown I donrsquot know that theyrsquore going tocome down enough to effect pricing I thinkcertain key species will continue to slideHard and Soft Maple and Cherry are all softright now Thatrsquos not uncommon with thewhitewoods this time of yearrdquoHe said transportation is a heavy issue for

his operation ldquoAs for exporting the oceanfreight rates are so erratic you just donrsquotknow how to plan However domesticfreight rates seem fairly stable for usrdquoMarketing to secondary manufacturers

the source said he doesnrsquot look for improve-ment for several years ldquoOne out of everyeighth person is behind on their mortgagepayments according to a recent report Iread I think wersquore still going to see a lotmore foreclosures The bottom line is thatour market will not recover until housingstarts come backrdquoA source in Virginia which offers Red and

White Oak and Poplar said ldquoGenerally Ithink the market is improved It seems to bestable but I think the advances in pricinghave eased I think everybody is playingcatch up Prices ran up over the last four orfive months and this last month has found aplateaurdquoCompared to six months prior he said

business activity is better ldquoPeople are see-ing profits now that they were not getting inJanuary but wersquore flat from a month agoSo itrsquos better than six months ago but wersquorein a state of change right nowrdquoHe mentioned a suppressed demand com-

bined with increased production as con-tributing factors to the current situationldquoThe general economic mood is not healthyfor purchasing What wersquove seen lately iseverybody is getting up to full capacityrdquo hesaidWhile the contact isnrsquot having difficulty

finding the products he needs he said thefuture of his log inventory is not secureldquoOur lumber inventories compared to a yearago are still down Four years ago we wereinventorying 39 million feet and wersquore cur-rently sitting at about 13 million feet to giveyou an idea of where wersquore atrdquoldquoI think as we head into fall the continued

pressure to have material to saw is going tokeep a firm posture on log pricing We haveadjusted ourselves to a back to basics atti-tuderdquo he said of the companyrsquos adjust-ments to the market conditions ldquoWe haveimproved efficiencies and wersquore learning tolive with less in terms of inventories Wersquove

retailers That business seems to be softas well We donrsquot sell directly to the exportmarket but we deal with agents and thatmarket seems to be on hold There is justnot a lot of activity in any market right nowItrsquos better than what it was a year ago butworse than what it was two months agoldquoIt seems like everyone that Irsquove talked to

that exports lumber either has no ordersright now or a lot of the orders are on holdEveryone is competing for the same smallmarkets right nowrdquo he continued ldquoWalnut is the one species that there is not

enough production for the needrdquo the sup-plier said ldquoOur inventories are at an aver-age level but wersquove slowed down our capa-bilities to keep it that way Wersquore not run-ning at 100 percent right now if we werewersquod be overproducedrdquoLooking at the months ahead he said ldquoIf

things continue the way theyrsquore going a lotof the larger companies are going to buildup their inventories which means kiln driedlumber will be offered at a lower pricerdquo

bull

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

had to reduce some of our staff and resizeour organization to the size of the demandthatrsquos out thererdquoHe mentioned that transportation costs

have been relatively decent ldquoItrsquos beenpretty stable for us Domestically we arestarting to see an increase on freight pricesbut thatrsquos very recentrdquoLooking ahead the source is uncertain ldquoI

think the activity level is uncertain Wersquollhold what wersquove got but generally the sup-ply situation is going to keep prices fromdropping I donrsquot think we can out producewhat is generally a good momentum in themarket I think there is a cap for a lot ofreasons upon how much production wecan haverdquoIn North Carolina a Red and White Oak

and Poplar supplier said market conditionsare fair ldquoWithin one specie there are differ-ent things going on with the different thick-nesses and grades Itrsquos certainly been aquieter market these last two monthsrdquoHe also said with mills that had previous-

ly been mothballed in his area openingback up the over supply issue is greater ldquoIdonrsquot think demand is much better than itwas last year but there was a lack of sup-ply Now that has caught up with demandand causing prices to increaseldquoI think once the domestic flooring manu-

facturers get their inventories built back upwhich is whatrsquos keeping the domestic mar-ket propped up now I believe prices willtrend back downrdquoAdjusting to the market he said ldquoWersquore

watching our inventories and wersquore moreaware of things that we didnrsquot have to be soaware of in years past For example if the44 Oak market got bad years ago andprices were being discounted you didnrsquotconsider drying all of it because you knewthat market was going to pick back upNow you canrsquot assume that anything isgoing to pick up in the next two monthsrdquoFor the next six months the supplier said

he doesnrsquot expect demand to be much bet-ter than last year ldquoIt largely depends onsupply If supply continues to gain itrsquosgoing to be a rough next few monthsrdquo hesaid

bull

WEST COAST

On the West Coast a hardwood supplierin Long Beach Calif said market condi-tions are beginning to improve ldquoIt seemsto be getting a little better Collectingmoney is a big strugglerdquo he explainedldquoThere are a few more orders coming inbut they are coming in bit by bitrdquoThe contact said he believes most people

arenrsquot holding inventory ldquoI donrsquot think any-one is holding much of anything Theyrsquorejust buying day to day as their orders comeinrdquoStocking Poplar Alder Maple Cherry and

Mahogany he isnrsquot having trouble findingthe material he needs ldquoThere are somethings wersquore out of like the thicker Oaksbut I donrsquot think anybody is going to beneeding that for a whilerdquoAs for inventory levels he said ldquoWe are

keeping our inventory levels low by designWith the reload centers out here itrsquos easyto get what you need and because yoursquorenot sure what and when the customer willneed anything thatrsquos the safer way to goldquoOur prices are flat and I donrsquot see that

changing much over the next 60 daysWalnut keeps pushing its way up but theothers are flatrdquo he continuedWhen asked about changes his company

has assimilated to adjust to market condi-tions he said ldquoWe do some outside saleswith another company We now marketpanel products for them along with ourown hardwood lumberrdquoMarketing to furniture cabinet and mill-

work manufacturers the source is opti-mistic ldquoI donrsquot think things are going todrastically improve but little by little Ibelieve wersquoll see improvementsrdquoIn Oregon a hardwood distributor which

services door and millwork manufacturersas well as retail and industrial segmentssaid the overall market outlook is bleakldquoNothing is happening People are notremodeling or building decks onto theirhomes The demand just isnrsquot there for anyproduct right nowrdquoHandling all domestic species the source

said all species were moving but nothing ismoving particularly well He said supply iscurrently not an issue and inventory levelsare down ldquoPrices are stable but they arestarting to soften The buyers are now inthe position to push back a little bit and geta few dollars on concessionrdquoIn order to adjust to the downturn in the

economy the contact said his company hasreduced inventory employees and facili-

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

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Continued from page 22

NEWSWIRES

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

bull

LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

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bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

AHEC-EuropeMiddle EastIndia3 St Michaelrsquos AlleyLondon EC3V 9DSUnited KingdomFAX 44-171-626-4222

AHEC-KoreaUS Agricultural Trade Ofcco American Forest amp Paper AssocRoom 303 Leema Building146-1 Suson-dong Chongro-kuSeoul (110-140) KoreaFAX 82-2-720-1898

AHEC-MexicoUS ATOUS Agricultural Trade OfficeJaime Balmes No 8 Piso 2Col Los Morales Polanco11510 Mexico DFFAX 52-5-282-0919

AHEC-Southeast AsiaRm 528 West WingNew World Office Bldg20 Salisbury RoadTsimshatsui Hong KongFAX 852-2366-8931

AHEC-Osakaco American Consulate General2-11-5 NishitenmaKita-ku Osaka 530 JapanFAX 81-6-6-315-5103

AHEC-ChinaOffice C615Bejing Lufthansa Center50 Liangmaquiao RoadBeijing 100016Peoplersquos Republic of ChinaFAX 86-10 6463-8047

United States Headquarters1111 19th Street NWSuite 800Washington DC 20036FAX 202-463-2787

reg

Michael Snow Executive Director telephone 202-463-2774

United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

AHEC-Southeast Asia ampGreater China1305 13th FloorBank of America Tower12 Harcourt RdHong Kong

AHEC-MexicoSierra Candela No111-507Col Lomas de Chapultepec11000 Mexico DF MexicoFAX 52-55-2623-1853

AHEC- ShanghaiRm 2762-63 271FK Wan CentreNo 1010 Huaihai Zong RoadShanghai China PC 200031FAX 8621-6103-1288

wwwahec-chinaorg wwwahec-seasiaorgMichael Snow Executive Director

telephone 703-435-2900

FITZPATRICK amp WELLER12 Mill Street middot PO Box 490 middot Ellicottville NY 14731wwwfitzwellercom middot salesfitzwellercom

716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

The Natural Source of World Hardwoodsbull Nearly 30 years experience in supplying Tropical Hardwoods direct from source in West Africa to

the North American Market

bull Suppliers of the whole range of African Species including Sapele Sipo Mahogany OkoumeGuarea Makore Afromosia Teak Iroko Walnut Mansonia Bubinga Wenge Padouk Hyedua

and others

bull Expertise in TimberComprehensive ServiceContinuity of Supply

Working with NHG Timber is Working in Partnership

NHG TIMBER LTD4 Eagle House Cranleigh Close Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LH United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0) 20 8651 4030 Fax +44 (0) 20 8651 0913E-mail salesnhgtimbercouk Website wwwnhgtimbercouk

Member of theTimber TradeFederation

T R O P I C A L F O R E S T

F O U N D A T I O N

NHG TIMBER LTD

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Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

NNoovveemmbbeerr

NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

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US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

bull

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Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

bullFFeeddeerraall WWaayy WWaasshhiinnggttoonnmdashmdash

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

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Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

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Website wwwrlcocom

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GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

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PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

PINECEDAR

Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

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Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

Western Red Cedar

R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

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PARTNERSHIP

SbullWHEELA

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wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

Fax (901) 373-6180

E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

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SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

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bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

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wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

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EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

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Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

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(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

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Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

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CONTACTT USS AT

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Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

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ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

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Page 22 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

Continued from page 21

Continued on page 23

SOUTHEAST

In Augusta Ga a hardwood supplier saidthe lumber market is soft ldquoIt has been softfrom about the middle of June Wersquore mov-ing lumber right now but therersquos not a lot ofpressure for it At least in our area we arestarting to see some improvements in pro-duction levels at the sawmills I think theconsumers are pushing back a little bit towait and see what happens in regards topricing Theyrsquore not buying out of panic any-more I think theyrsquore starting to feel a littlemore confidence that the lumber will bethererdquo he explainedThe contact which handles all

Appalachian and southern species said No2 and 3 A Red and White Oak is movingwell along with all grades of Ash ldquoI thinkthat the sawmillsrsquo inventory levels inregards to logs have improved in the south-eastrdquo he said ldquoPoplar is the specie that hasbeen influenced the most in our particulararea The premiums paid over and abovethe actual freight charges are comingdown I donrsquot know that theyrsquore going tocome down enough to effect pricing I thinkcertain key species will continue to slideHard and Soft Maple and Cherry are all softright now Thatrsquos not uncommon with thewhitewoods this time of yearrdquoHe said transportation is a heavy issue for

his operation ldquoAs for exporting the oceanfreight rates are so erratic you just donrsquotknow how to plan However domesticfreight rates seem fairly stable for usrdquoMarketing to secondary manufacturers

the source said he doesnrsquot look for improve-ment for several years ldquoOne out of everyeighth person is behind on their mortgagepayments according to a recent report Iread I think wersquore still going to see a lotmore foreclosures The bottom line is thatour market will not recover until housingstarts come backrdquoA source in Virginia which offers Red and

White Oak and Poplar said ldquoGenerally Ithink the market is improved It seems to bestable but I think the advances in pricinghave eased I think everybody is playingcatch up Prices ran up over the last four orfive months and this last month has found aplateaurdquoCompared to six months prior he said

business activity is better ldquoPeople are see-ing profits now that they were not getting inJanuary but wersquore flat from a month agoSo itrsquos better than six months ago but wersquorein a state of change right nowrdquoHe mentioned a suppressed demand com-

bined with increased production as con-tributing factors to the current situationldquoThe general economic mood is not healthyfor purchasing What wersquove seen lately iseverybody is getting up to full capacityrdquo hesaidWhile the contact isnrsquot having difficulty

finding the products he needs he said thefuture of his log inventory is not secureldquoOur lumber inventories compared to a yearago are still down Four years ago we wereinventorying 39 million feet and wersquore cur-rently sitting at about 13 million feet to giveyou an idea of where wersquore atrdquoldquoI think as we head into fall the continued

pressure to have material to saw is going tokeep a firm posture on log pricing We haveadjusted ourselves to a back to basics atti-tuderdquo he said of the companyrsquos adjust-ments to the market conditions ldquoWe haveimproved efficiencies and wersquore learning tolive with less in terms of inventories Wersquove

retailers That business seems to be softas well We donrsquot sell directly to the exportmarket but we deal with agents and thatmarket seems to be on hold There is justnot a lot of activity in any market right nowItrsquos better than what it was a year ago butworse than what it was two months agoldquoIt seems like everyone that Irsquove talked to

that exports lumber either has no ordersright now or a lot of the orders are on holdEveryone is competing for the same smallmarkets right nowrdquo he continued ldquoWalnut is the one species that there is not

enough production for the needrdquo the sup-plier said ldquoOur inventories are at an aver-age level but wersquove slowed down our capa-bilities to keep it that way Wersquore not run-ning at 100 percent right now if we werewersquod be overproducedrdquoLooking at the months ahead he said ldquoIf

things continue the way theyrsquore going a lotof the larger companies are going to buildup their inventories which means kiln driedlumber will be offered at a lower pricerdquo

bull

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

had to reduce some of our staff and resizeour organization to the size of the demandthatrsquos out thererdquoHe mentioned that transportation costs

have been relatively decent ldquoItrsquos beenpretty stable for us Domestically we arestarting to see an increase on freight pricesbut thatrsquos very recentrdquoLooking ahead the source is uncertain ldquoI

think the activity level is uncertain Wersquollhold what wersquove got but generally the sup-ply situation is going to keep prices fromdropping I donrsquot think we can out producewhat is generally a good momentum in themarket I think there is a cap for a lot ofreasons upon how much production wecan haverdquoIn North Carolina a Red and White Oak

and Poplar supplier said market conditionsare fair ldquoWithin one specie there are differ-ent things going on with the different thick-nesses and grades Itrsquos certainly been aquieter market these last two monthsrdquoHe also said with mills that had previous-

ly been mothballed in his area openingback up the over supply issue is greater ldquoIdonrsquot think demand is much better than itwas last year but there was a lack of sup-ply Now that has caught up with demandand causing prices to increaseldquoI think once the domestic flooring manu-

facturers get their inventories built back upwhich is whatrsquos keeping the domestic mar-ket propped up now I believe prices willtrend back downrdquoAdjusting to the market he said ldquoWersquore

watching our inventories and wersquore moreaware of things that we didnrsquot have to be soaware of in years past For example if the44 Oak market got bad years ago andprices were being discounted you didnrsquotconsider drying all of it because you knewthat market was going to pick back upNow you canrsquot assume that anything isgoing to pick up in the next two monthsrdquoFor the next six months the supplier said

he doesnrsquot expect demand to be much bet-ter than last year ldquoIt largely depends onsupply If supply continues to gain itrsquosgoing to be a rough next few monthsrdquo hesaid

bull

WEST COAST

On the West Coast a hardwood supplierin Long Beach Calif said market condi-tions are beginning to improve ldquoIt seemsto be getting a little better Collectingmoney is a big strugglerdquo he explainedldquoThere are a few more orders coming inbut they are coming in bit by bitrdquoThe contact said he believes most people

arenrsquot holding inventory ldquoI donrsquot think any-one is holding much of anything Theyrsquorejust buying day to day as their orders comeinrdquoStocking Poplar Alder Maple Cherry and

Mahogany he isnrsquot having trouble findingthe material he needs ldquoThere are somethings wersquore out of like the thicker Oaksbut I donrsquot think anybody is going to beneeding that for a whilerdquoAs for inventory levels he said ldquoWe are

keeping our inventory levels low by designWith the reload centers out here itrsquos easyto get what you need and because yoursquorenot sure what and when the customer willneed anything thatrsquos the safer way to goldquoOur prices are flat and I donrsquot see that

changing much over the next 60 daysWalnut keeps pushing its way up but theothers are flatrdquo he continuedWhen asked about changes his company

has assimilated to adjust to market condi-tions he said ldquoWe do some outside saleswith another company We now marketpanel products for them along with ourown hardwood lumberrdquoMarketing to furniture cabinet and mill-

work manufacturers the source is opti-mistic ldquoI donrsquot think things are going todrastically improve but little by little Ibelieve wersquoll see improvementsrdquoIn Oregon a hardwood distributor which

services door and millwork manufacturersas well as retail and industrial segmentssaid the overall market outlook is bleakldquoNothing is happening People are notremodeling or building decks onto theirhomes The demand just isnrsquot there for anyproduct right nowrdquoHandling all domestic species the source

said all species were moving but nothing ismoving particularly well He said supply iscurrently not an issue and inventory levelsare down ldquoPrices are stable but they arestarting to soften The buyers are now inthe position to push back a little bit and geta few dollars on concessionrdquoIn order to adjust to the downturn in the

economy the contact said his company hasreduced inventory employees and facili-

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

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Manufacturers and Exporters of QualityPennsylvania Hardwoods producing

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Continued from page 22

NEWSWIRES

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

bull

LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

Page 24 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

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bull Source lists of suppliers

bull Information on US marketing and manufacturing systems

bull Promotional assistance

bull Technical information on US products and species

bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

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AHEC-Osakaco American Consulate General2-11-5 NishitenmaKita-ku Osaka 530 JapanFAX 81-6-6-315-5103

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United States Headquarters1111 19th Street NWSuite 800Washington DC 20036FAX 202-463-2787

reg

Michael Snow Executive Director telephone 202-463-2774

United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

AHEC-Southeast Asia ampGreater China1305 13th FloorBank of America Tower12 Harcourt RdHong Kong

AHEC-MexicoSierra Candela No111-507Col Lomas de Chapultepec11000 Mexico DF MexicoFAX 52-55-2623-1853

AHEC- ShanghaiRm 2762-63 271FK Wan CentreNo 1010 Huaihai Zong RoadShanghai China PC 200031FAX 8621-6103-1288

wwwahec-chinaorg wwwahec-seasiaorgMichael Snow Executive Director

telephone 703-435-2900

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716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

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NHG TIMBER LTD

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Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

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NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

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US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

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Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

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Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

bull Have experience buying and selling lumber productsbull Be highly motivated with a strong work ethic bull Be able to work independently as well as in a team environmentbull Be entrepreneurial results oriented and resilientbull Be able to develop long lasting customer and supplier relationshipsbull Have an existing customer base with a proven track record bull Be confident in selling through price objections

If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

Remanufacturer And Producer Of Wood ProductsOVERSEAS EXPORT

HARDWOODSEASTERN WHITE PINE - WESTERN RED CEDARDOUGLAS FIR TIMBERS - PRESSURE TREATED WOOD

THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

Kiln Dried andAssociation Graded

Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

SMALL STARTS

MAIN OFFICEPortland OR bull 503297-7691 bull FAX 503297-3188DISTRIBUTION CENTERPortland OR bull 503220-0600 bull FAX 503220-8596SOUTHERN PRODUCTS DIVISIONCenterville AL bull 205926-4606 bull FAX 205926-5910CALIFORNIA DIVISIONNewport Beach CA bull 714752-5910 bull FAX 714752-6731CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTION CENTERNational City CA bull 619336-4625 bull FAX 619336-4823

GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

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PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

PINECEDAR

Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

Sourcing Solutions Building BusinessTM

Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

Western Red Cedar

R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

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PARTNERSHIP

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wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

Fax (901) 373-6180

E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

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SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

SALES -- WALTER YOUNGPO BOX 504 bull 224 INDUSTRIAL PARK

bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

A COMPANY YOU CAN BANK ONWITH YEARS OF Experience

The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

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FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

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r e d o a k

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b a s s w o o d

h a r d m a p l e

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b l a c k c h e r r y

p o p l a r

h i c k o r y

p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

w w w B i n g a m a n L u m b e r c o m p h o n e + 1 5 7 0 3 7 4 1 1 0 8

ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 23

1150 Labonte Drummondville Quebec J2C 5Y4Telephone 8194787721 bull Fax 8194776636

PRODUCTS AND SPECIESThicknesses from 34 to 164

SEE US ON THE WEB ATwwwprimewood-lumbercom

Primewood Lumberinc

bull Walnutbull Red Elmbull Soft Maplebull Aspenbull Tulipwood

bull Red Oakbull White Oakbull Cherrybull Maplebull Ashbull Yellow Birch

SALES Guy Genest at (819) 478-7721E-mail GGenestprimewood-lumbercom

Jean-Jacques Bourbeau at (819) 478-7721E-mail JJBourbeauprimewood-lumbercom

Denis Leblanc at (819) 479-4123E-mail DenisLeblancPrimewoodLbronaibncom

RAM Forest Products Inc

Specializing in Hard Maple bull Cherry bull Soft Maple bull Red Oak bull Ash

Hardwood Lumber and Logs

Export Packaging and Container Loading

Band Sawn Lumber at

Shinglehouse Pennsylvania (USA) location

Lumber Sales - Mike Tarbell - Rus Gustin

Phone 814-697-7185 FAX 814-697-7190Log Sales - Bob Mallery

Phone 814-697-6576 FAX 814-697-6637

E-Mail ramsalesfrontiernetnet

Mailing Address 1716 Honeoye Rd

Shinglehouse Pa 16748-9739

Manufacturers and Exporters of QualityPennsylvania Hardwoods producing

25000000 BF annually1000000rsquo Kiln capacity

Continued from page 22

NEWSWIRES

BUSINESS TRENDS(USA)

ties ldquoWe have closed two of our opera-tions laid off many of our employees andreduced our inventoryrdquoGoing into the coming months he said ldquoI

think itrsquos going to be brutal Something isgoing to have to give in the distributionmarket Some people will have to call itquits Take Portland Ore for example itrsquosdown over 50 percent yet the same distrib-utors are still in this market It just cannothold much longer I think wersquoll start seeingdistribution closings throughout the PacificNorthwestrdquoA hardwood supplier in San Francisco

which specializes in hardwood lumber andveneer products for the furniture and cabi-net manufacturing industry said his marketis weak but better ldquoWersquore still down 30 per-cent from where we were four years agobut we are definitely better than last yearrdquohe explained ldquoPrimarily the factors for thecabinet industry is that people donrsquot haveany equity in their homes Banks are alsoreluctant to lend money so nobody can geta home equity loan to remodel a kitchenMoney is tight and people are hanging onto what they haverdquoHandling all domestic species and a wide

range of exotics the contact said his bestmovers are Poplar Cherry and Walnut Asfor supply issues he said the only item heis having a hard time finding is OakldquoWersquore keeping our inventory levels tight

in order to keep our cash flow going Soour inventory is up from a year ago but still30 to 40 percent less than what we used tocarryrdquo he commented Like many others he said his company

has adjusted by reducing staff and maxi-mizing efficiencies ldquoEverybody is workingharder and longerrdquoPredominately marketing to general con-

tractors and cabinet and furniture manu-facturers the supplier is optimistic aboutthe coming months ldquoThings have certainlyimproved to some degree in the past sixmonths It seems that our improvement isfragile but Irsquom optimistic that it will contin-ue to improve However I donrsquot think it willimprove drasticallyrdquo

bull

LL ee ll aa nn dd NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdashDeanHardwoods recently announced JohnCottle as its Directorof SalesCottle comes to

Dean Hardwoodswith more than 22years of experiencein the hardwoodlumber industry Agraduate of theUniversity of NorthCarolina with abachelorrsquos of sci-ence degree in busi-ness managementhe began workingfor Georgia Pacificimmediately after collegeIn 2006 he was recruited by Moulding and

Millwork and joined Dean Hardwoods ayear agoDean Hardwoods manufactures its trade-

marked Prestige Hardwood Flooring andPrecision Mouldings from foreign hard-woods it imports and high-end domesticspecies which they warehouse and alsodistribute in rough lumber and dressedform for fine furniture boat building andredistribution Specialty woods include the companyrsquos

hallmarks Teak and Afrormosia alsoBubinga (African Rosewood) DoussieCumaru Santos Mahogany SapeleWenge and Heart Pine from theCaribbean among the imports Domesticspecialties include high grades of Walnutand Cherry as well as Hickory Ash andMapleCottle oversees Dean Hardwoodrsquos sales

representatives along with his own salesterritory in the Southeast regionDean Hardwoods was established in

1967 and according to the firmrsquos presi-dent Charles D ldquoChuckrdquo Dean Jr wasspawned from The Dean Company whoseoriginal charter dates back over a centuryChuck Dean said ldquoJohn Cottlersquos 20-plus

years of experience with Georgia Pacificand Blue Lynx in this region defined high-

end engineered flooring as a must for us toacquire and distribute from the best manu-facturers-for mid-cost range homes andcommercial buildings constructed on con-crete slabs It perfectly compliments theproducts we manufacture With his knowl-edge and contacts in the regional markethe has made excellent penetration for usldquoJohn has been a real blessing to us in the

worst economic conditions since the GreatDepression With his high degree of pro-fessionalism focus and vision we wereproud to promote him to Director of SalesHe is selling himself and helping to guideour other seasoned salesmen in the sale ofexisting and new products the most excit-ing of which is TimberSILldquoDean Hardwoods has been appointed

exclusive sales agent in North Carolina forthe revolutionary high tech environmentalsuperstar of building products It is thehard strong dry stable non-toxic andClass-A Fire Retardant replacement fornasty environmentally unsound softertoxic typical chemically pressure treatedlumberldquoWith John Cottle at the helm as our

Director of Sales of existing and new prod-ucts wersquore looking forward to a greattomorrowrdquo concludes Chuck Dean

bullGG rr ee ee nn ss bb oo rr oo NN oo rr tt hh CC aa rr oo ll ii nn aa mdashmdash

David Leonard recently joined BeardHardwoods located here as operationsmanager A seasoned member of thehardwood lumber industry Leonard beganhis career laying sticks for Link Taylor in

1977After graduating from Central Davidson

High School in Davidson County NC hebegan working full time as a lumberinspector until 1984 In the past Leonardhas worked with various lumber compa-nies in North Carolina as yard managerand more recently with a hardwood con-centration yard operation as general man-ager According to John Beard president of

Beard Hardwoods Leonardrsquos knowledgeand experience have been valuable to thecompany almost immediately ldquoIn 30 daystime from when he was hired our lumberproduction has doubledrdquo he explainedldquoThe lumber business is a volume-orientedbusiness where increasing volume andmaintaining quality in your lumber areimportant elements that a company has tohave in order to be successfulrdquoBeard Hardwoods finishes straight or

mixed truckloads of Appalachian Northernandor Southern hardwoods to customersand those in need throughout NorthAmerica and in many other countriesthroughout the world The firm specializesin Poplar Red and White Oak Basswoodand Hard and Soft Maple Added-valueservices offered include kiln-drying ran-dom or ripped widths The operation hassix dry kilns with 365000 board feet of drykiln capacity per chargeEstablished in 1932 the company has

been providing hardwoods for over 75years Beard Hardwoodsrsquo concentrationyard with dry kilns and their sales officesare located on US Highways I-85 and I-40in Greensboro NC and are within a closeproximity to the ports of Wilmington NCNorfolk Va and Charleston SC Leonardrsquos son Josh also recently began

working for Beard Hardwoods as a forkliftoperator in addition to helping in the day-to-day flow of production Leonard has fivechildren and has been married to his wifeJeny for approximately 13 years In hisspare time Leonard enjoys fishing andspending time with his familyBeard Hardwoods furnishes steam to its

dry kilns with a wood fired boilerFurthermore the firm has state-of-the-artlumber handling equipment at their hard-wood concentration yard as well For moreinformation visit wwwenbeardcom or con-tact 8002343343

bullSS uu rr rr ee yy BB rr ii tt ii ss hh CC oo ll uu mm bb ii aa mdashmdashNHG

Continued on page 25

JOHN COTTLE

David Leonard operations manager and JohnBeard President

Page 24 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

ldquoAA CUTT ABOVErdquoSPECIALIZINGG INN APITONG KERUING KAPURR ANDD OTHERR

IMPORTED HARDWOODD SPECIESORIGINALL MANUFACTURERR ANDD AFTERR MARKETT TRUCKK AND

TRAILERR DECKINGG ANDD RAILL CARR FLOORING

EXPORTT OFF DOMESTICC HARDWOODD ANDD SOFTWOOODD ALSOO AVAILABLE

QUALITYY FORESTT PRODUCTSS FROMSELECTEDD DOMESTICC ANDD OVERSEASS MANUFACTURERS

CUSTOMM FABRICATEDD WOODD PRODUCTS

ldquoWEE DOO THEE DIFFICULTT WITHH EASEANDD THEE IMPOSSIBLEE WITHH GRACErdquo

SERVICEE WITHH INTEGRITY

FORR MOREE INFORMAATIONN CONTACT DAVIDD XOacuteCHIHUA11044 MAINN STREET SUITEE M-150

VANCOUVER WAA 98682-00122 USAA PO BOXX 8200563TEL 36069085322 FAX 3606900035Website wwwaztecintltimbercom

E-mail davidxaztecintltimbercom

AHEC andUS Hardwoods

Great American ResourcesThe American Hardwood Export Council - theonly major overseas export program for UShardwoods AHEC services the trade withinformation and assistance for importersspecifiers and users

bull Source lists of suppliers

bull Information on US marketing and manufacturing systems

bull Promotional assistance

bull Technical information on US products and species

bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

AHEC-EuropeMiddle EastIndia3 St Michaelrsquos AlleyLondon EC3V 9DSUnited KingdomFAX 44-171-626-4222

AHEC-KoreaUS Agricultural Trade Ofcco American Forest amp Paper AssocRoom 303 Leema Building146-1 Suson-dong Chongro-kuSeoul (110-140) KoreaFAX 82-2-720-1898

AHEC-MexicoUS ATOUS Agricultural Trade OfficeJaime Balmes No 8 Piso 2Col Los Morales Polanco11510 Mexico DFFAX 52-5-282-0919

AHEC-Southeast AsiaRm 528 West WingNew World Office Bldg20 Salisbury RoadTsimshatsui Hong KongFAX 852-2366-8931

AHEC-Osakaco American Consulate General2-11-5 NishitenmaKita-ku Osaka 530 JapanFAX 81-6-6-315-5103

AHEC-ChinaOffice C615Bejing Lufthansa Center50 Liangmaquiao RoadBeijing 100016Peoplersquos Republic of ChinaFAX 86-10 6463-8047

United States Headquarters1111 19th Street NWSuite 800Washington DC 20036FAX 202-463-2787

reg

Michael Snow Executive Director telephone 202-463-2774

United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

AHEC-Southeast Asia ampGreater China1305 13th FloorBank of America Tower12 Harcourt RdHong Kong

AHEC-MexicoSierra Candela No111-507Col Lomas de Chapultepec11000 Mexico DF MexicoFAX 52-55-2623-1853

AHEC- ShanghaiRm 2762-63 271FK Wan CentreNo 1010 Huaihai Zong RoadShanghai China PC 200031FAX 8621-6103-1288

wwwahec-chinaorg wwwahec-seasiaorgMichael Snow Executive Director

telephone 703-435-2900

FITZPATRICK amp WELLER12 Mill Street middot PO Box 490 middot Ellicottville NY 14731wwwfitzwellercom middot salesfitzwellercom

716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

The Natural Source of World Hardwoodsbull Nearly 30 years experience in supplying Tropical Hardwoods direct from source in West Africa to

the North American Market

bull Suppliers of the whole range of African Species including Sapele Sipo Mahogany OkoumeGuarea Makore Afromosia Teak Iroko Walnut Mansonia Bubinga Wenge Padouk Hyedua

and others

bull Expertise in TimberComprehensive ServiceContinuity of Supply

Working with NHG Timber is Working in Partnership

NHG TIMBER LTD4 Eagle House Cranleigh Close Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LH United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0) 20 8651 4030 Fax +44 (0) 20 8651 0913E-mail salesnhgtimbercouk Website wwwnhgtimbercouk

Member of theTimber TradeFederation

T R O P I C A L F O R E S T

F O U N D A T I O N

NHG TIMBER LTD

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Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

NNoovveemmbbeerr

NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

DDeecceemmbbeerr

US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

bull

IIMMPPOORRTTEEXXPPOORRTT CCAALLEENNDDAARR

Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

bullFFeeddeerraall WWaayy WWaasshhiinnggttoonnmdashmdash

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

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CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

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THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

Kiln Dried andAssociation Graded

Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

SMALL STARTS

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GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

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Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

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Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

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PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

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Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

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Since 1893

Your clear choice for

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R B LUMBER COMPANY

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INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

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1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

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Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

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E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

Miller Publishing proudly serves the woodworking industry with thefollowing publications and online directories

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OctoberNovember 2010 Page 29

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OrderYour Copy of the

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SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

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SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

PRODUCTSbull NeLMA PATTERNS

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bull DRY KILNSbull TWO PLANER MILLS

KKIINNGG FFOORREESSTT IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS IINNCC53 Eastside Road bull Wentworth NH 03282TEL 6037645711 bull FAX 6037649654

FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

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Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

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wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

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ldquoAA CUTT ABOVErdquoSPECIALIZINGG INN APITONG KERUING KAPURR ANDD OTHERR

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AHEC andUS Hardwoods

Great American ResourcesThe American Hardwood Export Council - theonly major overseas export program for UShardwoods AHEC services the trade withinformation and assistance for importersspecifiers and users

bull Source lists of suppliers

bull Information on US marketing and manufacturing systems

bull Promotional assistance

bull Technical information on US products and species

bull Market development programs

AHEC members include all major US hardwoodindustry associations and hardwood exportingcompanies representing a full range of US hard-wood products

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AHEC-MexicoUS ATOUS Agricultural Trade OfficeJaime Balmes No 8 Piso 2Col Los Morales Polanco11510 Mexico DFFAX 52-5-282-0919

AHEC-Southeast AsiaRm 528 West WingNew World Office Bldg20 Salisbury RoadTsimshatsui Hong KongFAX 852-2366-8931

AHEC-Osakaco American Consulate General2-11-5 NishitenmaKita-ku Osaka 530 JapanFAX 81-6-6-315-5103

AHEC-ChinaOffice C615Bejing Lufthansa Center50 Liangmaquiao RoadBeijing 100016Peoplersquos Republic of ChinaFAX 86-10 6463-8047

United States Headquarters1111 19th Street NWSuite 800Washington DC 20036FAX 202-463-2787

reg

Michael Snow Executive Director telephone 202-463-2774

United States Headquarters1825 Michael Faraday DrReston VA 20190FAX 703-435-2537

AHEC-Southeast Asia ampGreater China1305 13th FloorBank of America Tower12 Harcourt RdHong Kong

AHEC-MexicoSierra Candela No111-507Col Lomas de Chapultepec11000 Mexico DF MexicoFAX 52-55-2623-1853

AHEC- ShanghaiRm 2762-63 271FK Wan CentreNo 1010 Huaihai Zong RoadShanghai China PC 200031FAX 8621-6103-1288

wwwahec-chinaorg wwwahec-seasiaorgMichael Snow Executive Director

telephone 703-435-2900

FITZPATRICK amp WELLER12 Mill Street middot PO Box 490 middot Ellicottville NY 14731wwwfitzwellercom middot salesfitzwellercom

716-699-2393Ph 716-699-2393Fax 716-699-2893

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

The Natural Source of World Hardwoodsbull Nearly 30 years experience in supplying Tropical Hardwoods direct from source in West Africa to

the North American Market

bull Suppliers of the whole range of African Species including Sapele Sipo Mahogany OkoumeGuarea Makore Afromosia Teak Iroko Walnut Mansonia Bubinga Wenge Padouk Hyedua

and others

bull Expertise in TimberComprehensive ServiceContinuity of Supply

Working with NHG Timber is Working in Partnership

NHG TIMBER LTD4 Eagle House Cranleigh Close Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LH United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0) 20 8651 4030 Fax +44 (0) 20 8651 0913E-mail salesnhgtimbercouk Website wwwnhgtimbercouk

Member of theTimber TradeFederation

T R O P I C A L F O R E S T

F O U N D A T I O N

NHG TIMBER LTD

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Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

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NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

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US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

bull

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Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

bullFFeeddeerraall WWaayy WWaasshhiinnggttoonnmdashmdash

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

bull Have experience buying and selling lumber productsbull Be highly motivated with a strong work ethic bull Be able to work independently as well as in a team environmentbull Be entrepreneurial results oriented and resilientbull Be able to develop long lasting customer and supplier relationshipsbull Have an existing customer base with a proven track record bull Be confident in selling through price objections

If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

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THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

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Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

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MAIN OFFICEPortland OR bull 503297-7691 bull FAX 503297-3188DISTRIBUTION CENTERPortland OR bull 503220-0600 bull FAX 503220-8596SOUTHERN PRODUCTS DIVISIONCenterville AL bull 205926-4606 bull FAX 205926-5910CALIFORNIA DIVISIONNewport Beach CA bull 714752-5910 bull FAX 714752-6731CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTION CENTERNational City CA bull 619336-4625 bull FAX 619336-4823

GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

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PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

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Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

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Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

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R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

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PARTNERSHIP

SbullWHEELA

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wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

Fax (901) 373-6180

E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

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SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

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bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

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SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

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The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

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FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

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r e d o a k

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b e e c h

b a s s w o o d

h a r d m a p l e

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b l a c k c h e r r y

p o p l a r

h i c k o r y

p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

w w w B i n g a m a n L u m b e r c o m p h o n e + 1 5 7 0 3 7 4 1 1 0 8

ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 25

The Natural Source of World Hardwoodsbull Nearly 30 years experience in supplying Tropical Hardwoods direct from source in West Africa to

the North American Market

bull Suppliers of the whole range of African Species including Sapele Sipo Mahogany OkoumeGuarea Makore Afromosia Teak Iroko Walnut Mansonia Bubinga Wenge Padouk Hyedua

and others

bull Expertise in TimberComprehensive ServiceContinuity of Supply

Working with NHG Timber is Working in Partnership

NHG TIMBER LTD4 Eagle House Cranleigh Close Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LH United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0) 20 8651 4030 Fax +44 (0) 20 8651 0913E-mail salesnhgtimbercouk Website wwwnhgtimbercouk

Member of theTimber TradeFederation

T R O P I C A L F O R E S T

F O U N D A T I O N

NHG TIMBER LTD

OO cc tt oo bb ee rr

Ho Chi Minh City Furniture Fair 2010Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Oct 6-10

National Hardwood LumberAssociation Annual Convention ampExhibit Showcase Hyatt RegencyVancouver amp The Fairmont HotelVancouver For more information go towwwnhlacom Oct 13-16

APA Annual Meeting amp Info FairTucson Ariz Contact 253-565-6600Oct 16-19

MTC GlobalWoodMart 2010 MalaysiaContact councilmtccommy Oct 19-20

NNoovveemmbbeerr

NAWLA Traders Marketreg HyattRegency Chicago Ill Contact 800-527-8258 Nov 4-6

Index Design Show Dubai WorldTrade Centre Dubai India Contactinfoaslamediaonlinecom Nov 8-11

Greenbuild McCormick Place WestChicago Ill Contact expousgbcorgNov 17-19

DDeecceemmbbeerr

US Lumber Producers Fall TradeMission Imperial Hotel Tokyo JapanContact Softwood Export Council 503-620-5946 Dec 7-9

bull

IIMMPPOORRTTEEXXPPOORRTT CCAALLEENNDDAARR

Timber Ltd headquartered here recentlyannounced the addi-tion of Jeff Lee whowill work alongsidetheir Far East traderBen Jenn as salesrepresentative intothe Far East andprocurement fromthe regionAccording to a

company represen-tative Lee has wideindustry experienceand comes fromboth a manufactur-ing and marketingbackground having previously worked inMalaysia Singapore China and GabonldquoJeff will enhance the commercial team ofNHG and is part of our continued overseasexpansionrdquo the representative saidLee will be based in Kuala Lumpur and

work alongside Ben Jenn and GuyGoodwin in the Tropical Team and BenGoodwin and Stuart McBride in theTemperate TeamNHG Timber Ltd has been trading for

over 25 years The firm was founded byNick Goodwin who spent his entire work-ing life in the timber trade The family busi-ness has continued to grow developingnew source areas and widening its productportfolio and is presently trading with over65 countries and offering a wide range ofproducts For more information visitwwwnhgtimbercouk

bullTTiiggaarrdd OOrreeggoonnmdashmdashBridgewell Resources

LLC a supplier of domestic and interna-tional hardwood products recentlybecame a Gold Member of the Western

H a r d w o o dAssociation (WHA)Vice President of

international salesGregg Wilkinsonsaid ldquoEven in thisdown market we areactively looking togrow our presence inboth domestic andinternational westernhardwoods We arelooking to expandour sales force withexperienced industryprofessionalsrdquo

The firm serves industrial and OEM mar-kets manufacturers of cabinets furnituredoors windows and millwork as well asthe construction and remodeling indus-tries Bridgewell has reloads placed acrossthe US and internationally to accommo-date many operational needs Servicesavailable include mixed size loads cus-tom cutting treating and fabrication ven-dor-managed inventory paperless trans-actions and a variety of specialized deliv-ery optionsBridgewell Resources offers a full range

of products that include lumber boardsmoulding millwork flooring panels hard-wood mats and more Species availableinclude Ash Walnut and exotic importedvarieties such as Ipe and Tigerwood The

company also provides ForestryStewardship Council (FSC) optionsFor more information about Bridgewell

Resources visit wwwbridgewellre-sourcescom or contact 503-872-3566

bullFFeeddeerraall WWaayy WWaasshhiinnggttoonnmdashmdash

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods is a returningWHA Gold Member For more than 40 years Weyerhaeuser

has been manufacturing western hard-woods The company began with oneAlder milland todayo p e r a t e s12 manu-f a c t u r i n gf a c i l i t i e sacross theU S Producingmost of thed o m e s t i cspecies allWeyerhaeuser hardwood lumber goes tomarket under the brand name NorthwestHardwoods Also meeting environmental market

demands Northwest Hardwoods Alderand Maple are certified to the SustainableForestry Initiative (SFI) standardsWeyerhaeuser also imports hardwood ply-wood from Asia According to a companyrepresentative the product is made to highindustry standards and is reviewedthrough a stringent quality control processwhich meets the Lacey Act requirementsFor more information about

Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods visit wwwwey-erhaeusercomhardwoods or contact 253-924-5569

bullWW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn DD CC mdashmdashThe Hardwood

Federation (HF) recently announced it iscontinuing to fight high export fees Jamey French HF president met with

Edward Avalos Undersecretary forMarketing and Regulatory Programs at theUSDA and reiterated that the US govern-mentrsquos plan to dramatically raise exportuser fees imposed by APHIS are accord-ing to HF too high for todayrsquos economic cli-mateAvalos agreed to revisit a HF proposal

made earlier to reduce fees after the firstcontainer The Undersecretary also provid-ed encouraging updates on the US gov-ernmentrsquos negotiations with the EU andChina for the acceptance of the NationalHardwood Lumber Associationrsquos (NHLA)dry process as a cost-effective and accept-able alternative to other inspection proce-dures French noted the importance of thekiln dry process for the forest productsindustryIn an effort to keep moving this initiative

forward HF is coordinating with NHLA andthe American Hardwood Export Council(AHEC) with its contacts of importers andend users around the globe to seek localsupport for the NHLA kiln dry certificate AUS industry trade mission to China isplanned to be sponsored later this year byAHEC to meet directly with Chinese gov-ernment officials seeking support fromcustomers in China

bull

NEWSWIRESContinued from page 23

JEFF LEE

GREGG WILKINSON

Page 26 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

bull Have experience buying and selling lumber productsbull Be highly motivated with a strong work ethic bull Be able to work independently as well as in a team environmentbull Be entrepreneurial results oriented and resilientbull Be able to develop long lasting customer and supplier relationshipsbull Have an existing customer base with a proven track record bull Be confident in selling through price objections

If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

Remanufacturer And Producer Of Wood ProductsOVERSEAS EXPORT

HARDWOODSEASTERN WHITE PINE - WESTERN RED CEDARDOUGLAS FIR TIMBERS - PRESSURE TREATED WOOD

THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

Kiln Dried andAssociation Graded

Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

SMALL STARTS

MAIN OFFICEPortland OR bull 503297-7691 bull FAX 503297-3188DISTRIBUTION CENTERPortland OR bull 503220-0600 bull FAX 503220-8596SOUTHERN PRODUCTS DIVISIONCenterville AL bull 205926-4606 bull FAX 205926-5910CALIFORNIA DIVISIONNewport Beach CA bull 714752-5910 bull FAX 714752-6731CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTION CENTERNational City CA bull 619336-4625 bull FAX 619336-4823

GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

CCOOMMMMIITTTTEEDD TTOOIIDDAAHHOO WWHHIITTEE PPIINNEEPPRROODDUUCCTTSS SSIINNCCEE

11995533WWEEEEKK IINNWWEEEEKK OOUUTT

52 WEEKS A YEAR

PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

PINECEDAR

Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

Sourcing Solutions Building BusinessTM

Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

Western Red Cedar

R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

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A guide to

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OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

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AAHHEECC CCHHAARRTT-- Continued from page 14

Taiwan Lumber 15186531 9357677 6653143 3129514 4448124 42White Oak 1779594 1457614 1775063 681201 785420 15Western Red Alder 2180594 2264153 1204726 662144 794914 20

South Africa Lumber 8758735 6895667 5758536 2363825 3008656 27White Oak 3032492 2424483 1656058 656531 756779 15Ash 1134886 1078598 1054280 376657 493660 31Red Oak 1257489 977535 631874 300648 593712 97

Netherlands Lumber 12438478 10447741 5622297 2705953 3425836 27White Oak 3507891 3974431 1613557 694433 1115173 61Walnut 2597486 2134264 1307202 506648 895878 77

Saudi Arabia Lumber 5946519 4875997 5592010 2025960 3412667 68Red Oak 3835886 3212504 2411833 1008619 1852784 84White Oak 682874 14829 1463241 18241 153507 742Ash 480404 738396 515067 298262 514954 73

France Lumber 8617804 8221768 5403669 2493450 4184339 68White Oak 4255344 5421242 2991865 1552861 2269835 46

US HARDWOOD LOGS BY COUNTRY2007 2008 2009 Jan-Jun 2009 Jan-Jun 2010 Change

China Hardwood Logs 189725062 160052284 136125364 59092561 113416706 92Red Oak 35556498 29928242 30274132 10627029 29806848 180White Oak 21274924 23876872 23373543 11816374 16125916 36Yellow Poplar 24400057 23941429 22772007 10236026 13653666 33Walnut 54846606 38272909 15894835 7542814 20697395 174Cherry 15026983 9595921 8645935 2819621 7806995 177Maple 10097939 5802193 5921177 3135582 4328581 38Ash 6086047 5855257 5287049 2328290 4078480 75

Canada Hardwood Logs 138112656 128689009 91902715 50462438 55541355 10Red Oak 25828451 24196844 15899063 8798491 11302357 28Cherry 20141513 14523462 3573142 2461125 2760043 12

Italy Hardwood Logs 58863900 48838370 33642923 18965199 23041368 21Walnut 17255285 11901408 5100720 2689402 4473283 66White Oak 8040000 7121301 2631349 1140422 2009893 76

Vietnam Hardwood Logs 27690039 35246226 33188525 15417938 19956769 29Yellow Poplar 7651241 10253312 10489315 4242562 6389716 51White Oak 8130564 8307062 10464868 4479864 6276098 40Walnut 712500 662672 653966 136993 748013 446Maple 557659 243017 582424 275861 369909 34

United Hardwood Logs 41561023 49431498 31939583 14981153 21741812 45Kingdom White Oak 27364527 27463536 13053646 6753364 9784799 45

Ash 3497975 2263173 2928165 1240058 1419962 15Walnut 4837956 4238482 2193296 755588 2520966 234

Germany Hardwood Logs 51522755 50277327 30777412 16698458 20639609 24Walnut 12749305 11940051 8870835 4897486 7471889 53White Oak 10943896 12626622 6936123 3144065 5195967 65Western Red Alder 2420563 6232302 1756975 1279014 468302 -63Yellow Poplar 1180869 1029403 1351098 600047 844618 41

Hong Kong Hardwood Logs 46449123 34122101 25682056 13531643 24591480 82Walnut 14025537 10986605 7399239 4327992 7230661 67Cherry 9900408 5952418 5990208 2164451 5211215 141Red Oak 9138304 4645345 5085029 2743140 4008862 46White Oak 4825066 6120071 3699832 1916851 3521115 84Yellow Poplar 925835 2145204 714883 373161 664554 78Ash 651491 464571 420720 312215 491835 58

Japan Hardwood Logs 29383000 27755534 13063690 9084544 9773883 8White Oak 8512676 8046803 4181907 3297586 3695941 12Walnut 6137679 5696222 3368808 2287735 3082616 35Cherry 979690 838405 976986 348290 683476 96

Portugal Hardwood Logs 23626064 18494087 12501599 8228525 9236765 12White Oak 15326967 12565621 7086428 5113026 5667242 11Walnut 1497178 658400 1684173 734022 1536111 109Cherry 3980703 1736195 793180 530002 675035 27

Spain Hardwood Logs 48235061 31911193 10902380 5237192 9705687 85White Oak 39451866 24581041 5748197 3065971 4304360 40Walnut 1038901 750187 1410391 215024 3088775 1336

Korea South Hardwood Logs 12189914 12227676 10212348 5604945 5391968 -4White Oak 1129360 2191439 1161456 770327 1094040 42Ash 448483 238535 470275 249874 602781 141

Taiwan Hardwood Logs 12495737 9478625 7217676 4395223 4978298 13White Oak 2398730 2163224 1811922 1054088 1843095 75Walnut 1669930 1254173 1183295 635431 715487 13Cherry 1232521 1129093 1099472 493017 567422 15Red Oak 3640873 1632877 797412 521915 574507 10

Indonesia Hardwood Logs 11763797 8091708 5429156 3078822 5002207 62Red Oak 4719345 2505368 1823826 776564 2606403 236

Belgium- Hardwood Logs 7727484 7579742 5063852 2754594 2865630 4Luxembourg White Oak 4644972 3668948 1166501 621105 723347 16

Cherry 494862 936109 912659 438000 624467 43

Sweden Hardwood Logs 5670770 6015442 4605436 2220520 3062992 38White Oak 4333943 4047510 3166801 1555474 2131989 37

Mexico Hardwood Logs 13596995 7515592 4501913 2491154 1595707 -36Red Oak 5472212 1672023 1000336 424166 565485 33

Malaysia Hardwood Logs 6150252 7413666 4274025 2244749 3326936 48Red Oak 2213630 1875206 1255087 526837 595488 13White Oak 2483526 2653959 1226564 723136 1278432 77

France Hardwood Logs 5734469 5674150 4154081 2899106 3778299 30Maple 1363622 1485988 1458969 1234665 1394298 13White Oak 2207243 1923305 981690 429581 954028 122Walnut 826582 528763 798712 654513 685413 5

Thailand Hardwood Logs 5893928 6131324 3872660 2220456 2714048 22White Oak 1079598 2171493 1070101 437490 685500 57Red Oak 705666 453665 376447 340337 502170 48Western Red Alder 126477 318922 291532 85682 205667 140

Greece Hardwood Logs 5597712 6398228 3836034 1943403 1283217 -34

Ireland Hardwood Logs 8106667 7764091 3186513 1838461 2048238 11White Oak 5820567 4817584 1456610 855393 1471937 72

Saudi Arabia Hardwood Logs 2129313 4274554 2516197 816674 1253432 53Red Oak 1402844 2346014 1194626 229723 694292 202

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

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If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

Remanufacturer And Producer Of Wood ProductsOVERSEAS EXPORT

HARDWOODSEASTERN WHITE PINE - WESTERN RED CEDARDOUGLAS FIR TIMBERS - PRESSURE TREATED WOOD

THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

Kiln Dried andAssociation Graded

Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

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SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

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Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

CCOOMMMMIITTTTEEDD TTOOIIDDAAHHOO WWHHIITTEE PPIINNEEPPRROODDUUCCTTSS SSIINNCCEE

11995533WWEEEEKK IINNWWEEEEKK OOUUTT

52 WEEKS A YEAR

PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

PINECEDAR

Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

Sourcing Solutions Building BusinessTM

Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

Western Red Cedar

R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

N

DLU

MBERCO INC bull FORESTRY

PARTNERSHIP

SbullWHEELA

NDLUMBERCOINCbullFOR

ESTR

YPA

RTNERSHIP

Sbull

wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

Fax (901) 373-6180

E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

Miller Publishing proudly serves the woodworking industry with thefollowing publications and online directories

National Hardwood Magazinewwwnationalhardwoodmagcom

ImportExport Wood Purchasing News wwwwoodpurchasingnewscom

Softwood Forest Products Buyer wwwsoftwoodbuyercom

Classified Exchange wwwclassifiedxchangecom

Imported Wood Purchasing Guide wwwimportedwoodpurchasingcom

Forest Products Export Directory wwwforestproductsexportcom

Dimension amp Wood Components Buyerrsquos Guidewwwdimensionwoodcomponentcom

Hardwood Purchasing Handbook wwwhardwoodpurchasinghdbkcom

Greenbookrsquos Hardwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Greenbookrsquos Softwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Imported Wood Purchasing Guide wwwimportedwoodpurchasingcom

Forest Products Export Directory wwwforestproductsexportcom

Dimension amp Wood Components Buyerrsquos Guidewwwdimensionwoodcomponentcom

Hardwood Purchasing Handbook wwwhardwoodpurchasinghdbkcom

Greenbookrsquos Hardwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Greenbookrsquos Softwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Forest Products Stock Exchange wwwforestproductsstockexccom

Please visit us online

for more information about

our publications

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 29

FIND HUNDREDS OF SUPPLIERS OF

NORTH AMERICAN FOREST PRODUCTS

OrderYour Copy of the

2010 Forest ProductsExport Directory

To order E-mail eveforestproductsexportcom

or Fax 901-373-6180

Page 30 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

SALES -- WALTER YOUNGPO BOX 504 bull 224 INDUSTRIAL PARK

bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

A COMPANY YOU CAN BANK ONWITH YEARS OF Experience

The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

PRODUCTSbull NeLMA PATTERNS

bull PANELINGbull FLOORING

bull SIDINGbull TIMBERS

bull SHOP LUMBER

FACILITIESbull MILL - PRODUCING 30 MILLION BOARD FEET

bull DRY KILNSbull TWO PLANER MILLS

KKIINNGG FFOORREESSTT IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS IINNCC53 Eastside Road bull Wentworth NH 03282TEL 6037645711 bull FAX 6037649654

FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

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p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

w w w B i n g a m a n L u m b e r c o m p h o n e + 1 5 7 0 3 7 4 1 1 0 8

ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 27

AHEC 24

Argo Fine Imports 31

Aztec Intl Timber amp Trading Ltd 24

BAILLIE Lumber Co 17

Begley Lumber Co Inc 31

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc 32

Coastal Lumber Intrsquol 24

Cole Hardwood Inc 11

Downes amp Reader Hardwood Co 21

Fitzpatrick amp Weller 24

Frank Miller Lumber Co Inc 16

Hanafee Bros Sawmill Co Inc 22

Hancock Lumber Co 7

Hansson Elof Inc 3

Hardwood Forestry Fund 27

Hawkeye Forest Products 5

Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales 18

Inter-Continetal Hardwoods 20

Intrsquol Forest Products Fair (China) 9

IWPA 28

McIlvain Alan Company 27

Midwest Walnut Co 8

NHG Timber Ltd 25

Neff Lumber Mills Inc 31

Newman Lumber Co 15

Penn-Sylvan International Inc 25

Prime Lumber 31

Primewood Lumber Inc 23

Ram Forest Products Inc 23

Rolling Ridge Woods LtdYoder Lumber Co4

Romea Legnami SpA 6

Salamanca Lumber Co Inc 13

Transit King CityNorthway Forwarding 21

Tuscarora Hardwoods 19

UbullC Coatings Corp 22

Wheeland Lumber Co 31

Classified advertising accepted only for Positions Available Positions Wanted BusinessOpportunities Machinery For Sale Machinery Wanted Wanted To Buy Services OfferedClassified Rates Display classified $4500 per column inch fractions of an inch will be chargedas full inch Line Ads are $800 per lineAll classified Ads must be received by the 16th of the preceding month Example Ads for

December 2010January 2011 issue must be in by Nov 15thAlso please specify number of times Ad is to run All Ads to be inserted on prepaid basis

only

C l a s s i f i e d O p p o r t u n i t i e s

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSINDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Chinese Agent to represent Graf BrothersFlooring amp Lumber ndash logs flooring andlumber

Graf Brothers PO Box 458 SouthShore Ky 41175

Phone 606-032-3117 Fax 606-932-3156email infografbrocom

WANTED

ATTENTION OVERSEAS LUMBER BUYERSAmerican NHLA graduate current working contacts with domestic

sawmillsdimension plants looking for work with an overseas companywho is tired of paying for high-priced lumberlogs from the US We will setup a small office and youwe will buy direct from the sawmills

CONTACT Blind Box No 141

CO The ImportExport Wood Purchasing NewsPO Box 34908

Memphis Tn 38134

International lumber company is looking for a Sales Representative living in the Gulfregion of the USA Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in imported hardwoodlumber and plywood sales Must be willing to travel Candidate would be responsible forincreasing market share generating and maintaining new accounts Must have excellentcommunication and computer skills Excellent career opportunity and compensationpackage for qualified individual Please send resume

CO Blind Box 143Import Export Wood Purchasing News

PO Box 34908 bull Memphis Tn 38184-0908

Sales Representative Needed

ldquoBe A Part of One of Canadarsquos 50 Best Managed CompaniesrdquoSales Representatives

Weston Premium Woods is a 60 year old hardwood lumber distributor who isadding to our existing sales team Offering outstanding earning potentialand career growth for the right individual You should

bull Have experience buying and selling lumber productsbull Be highly motivated with a strong work ethic bull Be able to work independently as well as in a team environmentbull Be entrepreneurial results oriented and resilientbull Be able to develop long lasting customer and supplier relationshipsbull Have an existing customer base with a proven track record bull Be confident in selling through price objections

If this is you please contact Nico Poulos npouloswestonpremiumwoodscom or at 866-385-7778

since 1798Alan McIlvain Company

Tropicall Hardwoodd LumberrExperience you can trust

Genuine Mahogany ndash Spanish Cedar

Sapele Mahogany ndash AfricanKhaya Mahogany

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)

Dry Kilns amp 7 Million Bd Ft Inventory501 Market Street

Marcus Hook PA 19061Phone (610) 485-6600FAX (610) 485-0471

wwwalanmcilvaincomsalesalanmcilvaincom

Experiencee youu cann trustAppalachiann Hardwoodd Lumber

Tropicall Hardwoodd Lumber

MBA professional with 20+ yearsexperience in forest productsexport salesmarketing seekspositionContact Thomas Collet at 541-255-3496 or tcolletglobalt-birdedu

Export Business Development Mgr

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

Remanufacturer And Producer Of Wood ProductsOVERSEAS EXPORT

HARDWOODSEASTERN WHITE PINE - WESTERN RED CEDARDOUGLAS FIR TIMBERS - PRESSURE TREATED WOOD

THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

Kiln Dried andAssociation Graded

Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

SMALL STARTS

MAIN OFFICEPortland OR bull 503297-7691 bull FAX 503297-3188DISTRIBUTION CENTERPortland OR bull 503220-0600 bull FAX 503220-8596SOUTHERN PRODUCTS DIVISIONCenterville AL bull 205926-4606 bull FAX 205926-5910CALIFORNIA DIVISIONNewport Beach CA bull 714752-5910 bull FAX 714752-6731CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTION CENTERNational City CA bull 619336-4625 bull FAX 619336-4823

GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

CCOOMMMMIITTTTEEDD TTOOIIDDAAHHOO WWHHIITTEE PPIINNEEPPRROODDUUCCTTSS SSIINNCCEE

11995533WWEEEEKK IINNWWEEEEKK OOUUTT

52 WEEKS A YEAR

PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

PINECEDAR

Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

Sourcing Solutions Building BusinessTM

Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

Western Red Cedar

R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

N

DLU

MBERCO INC bull FORESTRY

PARTNERSHIP

SbullWHEELA

NDLUMBERCOINCbullFOR

ESTR

YPA

RTNERSHIP

Sbull

wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

Fax (901) 373-6180

E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

Miller Publishing proudly serves the woodworking industry with thefollowing publications and online directories

National Hardwood Magazinewwwnationalhardwoodmagcom

ImportExport Wood Purchasing News wwwwoodpurchasingnewscom

Softwood Forest Products Buyer wwwsoftwoodbuyercom

Classified Exchange wwwclassifiedxchangecom

Imported Wood Purchasing Guide wwwimportedwoodpurchasingcom

Forest Products Export Directory wwwforestproductsexportcom

Dimension amp Wood Components Buyerrsquos Guidewwwdimensionwoodcomponentcom

Hardwood Purchasing Handbook wwwhardwoodpurchasinghdbkcom

Greenbookrsquos Hardwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Greenbookrsquos Softwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Imported Wood Purchasing Guide wwwimportedwoodpurchasingcom

Forest Products Export Directory wwwforestproductsexportcom

Dimension amp Wood Components Buyerrsquos Guidewwwdimensionwoodcomponentcom

Hardwood Purchasing Handbook wwwhardwoodpurchasinghdbkcom

Greenbookrsquos Hardwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Greenbookrsquos Softwood Marketing Directory wwwmillerpublishingcom

Forest Products Stock Exchange wwwforestproductsstockexccom

Please visit us online

for more information about

our publications

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 29

FIND HUNDREDS OF SUPPLIERS OF

NORTH AMERICAN FOREST PRODUCTS

OrderYour Copy of the

2010 Forest ProductsExport Directory

To order E-mail eveforestproductsexportcom

or Fax 901-373-6180

Page 30 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

SALES -- WALTER YOUNGPO BOX 504 bull 224 INDUSTRIAL PARK

bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

A COMPANY YOU CAN BANK ONWITH YEARS OF Experience

The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

PRODUCTSbull NeLMA PATTERNS

bull PANELINGbull FLOORING

bull SIDINGbull TIMBERS

bull SHOP LUMBER

FACILITIESbull MILL - PRODUCING 30 MILLION BOARD FEET

bull DRY KILNSbull TWO PLANER MILLS

KKIINNGG FFOORREESSTT IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS IINNCC53 Eastside Road bull Wentworth NH 03282TEL 6037645711 bull FAX 6037649654

FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

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b e e c h

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C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

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Storms have come

your foundation stands

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ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

Page 28 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

A Guide to

USCANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase both Hardwoodand Softwood forest products

GOODFELLOW INCCanadarsquos Largest Independent Distributor

Remanufacturer And Producer Of Wood ProductsOVERSEAS EXPORT

HARDWOODSEASTERN WHITE PINE - WESTERN RED CEDARDOUGLAS FIR TIMBERS - PRESSURE TREATED WOOD

THE WOOD SPECIALISTSDELSON QUEBEC CANADA

Manufacturers of 44Eastern White Pine Lumber

andDIMENSION

Kiln Dried andAssociation Graded

Robbins Lumber IncManufacturers Wholesalers

Searsmont Maine 04967

Telephone 207-342-5221

FAX 207-342-5201

Website wwwrlcocom

SMALL STARTS

MAIN OFFICEPortland OR bull 503297-7691 bull FAX 503297-3188DISTRIBUTION CENTERPortland OR bull 503220-0600 bull FAX 503220-8596SOUTHERN PRODUCTS DIVISIONCenterville AL bull 205926-4606 bull FAX 205926-5910CALIFORNIA DIVISIONNewport Beach CA bull 714752-5910 bull FAX 714752-6731CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTION CENTERNational City CA bull 619336-4625 bull FAX 619336-4823

GREAT FINISHES

SELKIRKSPECIALTY WOOD LTD

A DOWNIE TIMBER COMPANY

Specializing In Superior Cedar Products

ampFirst Rate Service

Products Availablebull Bevel bull Paneling Productsbull Decking bull 3ampBtr KD Boardsbull Finger Joint bull AampBtr Cedar Finish

Box 880 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SOOffice 250-837-2222 Sales 250-837-7217

Fax 250-837-7412E-Mail specialjunctionnet

Durgin amp Crowell Lumber Co231 Fisher Corner Rd

New London NH 03257Tel (603) 763-2860Fax (603) 763-4498

wwwdurgin-crowellcomFor Sales Contact B Manning or Chuck Gaede

Manufacturers of QualityEastern White Pine Lumber

Since 1976

bull 30 Million BD FT of Productionbull 630000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacitybull WACO 30 XL Moulderbull In Line Moisture Detectorsbull Modernized Cut Up Shop

RB LUMBER COMPANY

RB LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254

Oregon City OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsBedframe

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FORWESTERN RED CEDAR

We represent US sales for North Okanagan Cedar a sawmill in BritishColumbia From their production we offer you

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Bevel Siding

bull KD 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Channel

bull KD 1 x 4 1 x 6 and 1 x 8 Tongue amp Groove Pattern Stock

Other products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Yellow Cedar Chinese Cedar

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumberaolcom

Contact Jean KnittelTEL (450) 635-6511 1-800-361-0625 FAX (450) 635-5078E-mail jknittelgoodfellowinccom

wwwgoodfellowinccom

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PO Box 339Post Falls Idaho 83877(208) 773-4511FAX (208) 773-1107

IDAHO WHITE PINE LUMBER

Sandy Neck TradersTM

PINECEDAR

Call 888-726-3963Itrsquos that simple

Sourcing Solutions Building BusinessTM

Tel 604-946-2910

Since 1893

Your clear choice for

Western Red Cedar

R B LUMBER COMPANY

R B LUMBER COMPANYP O Box 2254Oregon City OR 97045623-936-7090 - Randy Fax 623-936-7091 rblumbercoaolcom

INDUSTRIALS

Moulding Finger Joint Shop Core Stock Furniture PalletsRussian Red Pine

PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards amp dimension Waney cants Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDSOur products include

FENCING ROUGH amp S1S2E FENCING DECKING amp PATTERN STOCK

1x4 1x6 1x82x4 2x6 2x84x4 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing Decking amp Patterns

503-655-8020 - GaryFax 503-650-7235knightatrblumberaolcom

1-800-327-0630 bull wwwluacc

Insuring your future is LUArsquos number one priority

CONFIDENTLY MANAGE CREDIT RISK

BLUE BOOK SERVICES INC630-668-3500

wwwlumberbluebookcominfobluebookservicescom

Contact Charlie Freeman

Sales General Manager

Phone 902-685-2792

Fax 902-685-2644

4804 Medway River RoadGreenfield NS Canada B0T 1E0

wwwfreemanlumbercom

Consistent Quality Since 1832Manufacturers of Wholesale Lumber Products

WHEELA

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MBERCO INC bull FORESTRY

PARTNERSHIP

SbullWHEELA

NDLUMBERCOINCbullFOR

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wwwmillerpublishingcom

PO Box 34908 ~ 1235 Sycamore View

Memphis TN 38184-0908

(800) 844-1280 or (901) 372-8280

Fax (901) 373-6180

E-mail editormillerpublishingcom

Miller Publishing proudly serves the woodworking industry with thefollowing publications and online directories

National Hardwood Magazinewwwnationalhardwoodmagcom

ImportExport Wood Purchasing News wwwwoodpurchasingnewscom

Softwood Forest Products Buyer wwwsoftwoodbuyercom

Classified Exchange wwwclassifiedxchangecom

Imported Wood Purchasing Guide wwwimportedwoodpurchasingcom

Forest Products Export Directory wwwforestproductsexportcom

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Imported Wood Purchasing Guide wwwimportedwoodpurchasingcom

Forest Products Export Directory wwwforestproductsexportcom

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Hardwood Purchasing Handbook wwwhardwoodpurchasinghdbkcom

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Please visit us online

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NORTH AMERICAN FOREST PRODUCTS

OrderYour Copy of the

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or Fax 901-373-6180

Page 30 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

SALES -- WALTER YOUNGPO BOX 504 bull 224 INDUSTRIAL PARK

bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

A COMPANY YOU CAN BANK ONWITH YEARS OF Experience

The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

PRODUCTSbull NeLMA PATTERNS

bull PANELINGbull FLOORING

bull SIDINGbull TIMBERS

bull SHOP LUMBER

FACILITIESbull MILL - PRODUCING 30 MILLION BOARD FEET

bull DRY KILNSbull TWO PLANER MILLS

KKIINNGG FFOORREESSTT IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS IINNCC53 Eastside Road bull Wentworth NH 03282TEL 6037645711 bull FAX 6037649654

FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

w h i t e o a k

r e d o a k

w h i t e a s h

b e e c h

b a s s w o o d

h a r d m a p l e

b l a c k w a l n u t

b l a c k c h e r r y

p o p l a r

h i c k o r y

p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

w w w B i n g a m a n L u m b e r c o m p h o n e + 1 5 7 0 3 7 4 1 1 0 8

ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 29

FIND HUNDREDS OF SUPPLIERS OF

NORTH AMERICAN FOREST PRODUCTS

OrderYour Copy of the

2010 Forest ProductsExport Directory

To order E-mail eveforestproductsexportcom

or Fax 901-373-6180

Page 30 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

SALES -- WALTER YOUNGPO BOX 504 bull 224 INDUSTRIAL PARK

bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

A COMPANY YOU CAN BANK ONWITH YEARS OF Experience

The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

PRODUCTSbull NeLMA PATTERNS

bull PANELINGbull FLOORING

bull SIDINGbull TIMBERS

bull SHOP LUMBER

FACILITIESbull MILL - PRODUCING 30 MILLION BOARD FEET

bull DRY KILNSbull TWO PLANER MILLS

KKIINNGG FFOORREESSTT IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS IINNCC53 Eastside Road bull Wentworth NH 03282TEL 6037645711 bull FAX 6037649654

FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

w h i t e o a k

r e d o a k

w h i t e a s h

b e e c h

b a s s w o o d

h a r d m a p l e

b l a c k w a l n u t

b l a c k c h e r r y

p o p l a r

h i c k o r y

p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

w w w B i n g a m a n L u m b e r c o m p h o n e + 1 5 7 0 3 7 4 1 1 0 8

ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

Str ips Dimensions Lumber

h a r d w o o d s

Page 30 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

SERVING THE SOUTH SINCE 1949

10100 DENTON DRIVE bull DALLAS TX 75220RICHARDSON LUMBER amp MFG CO

bull 54rdquo McDonough Resaw bull Yates American A-20 planer

bull 60000rsquo capacity per day bull 20+ million feet of dry storage space

SALES -- WALTER YOUNGPO BOX 504 bull 224 INDUSTRIAL PARK

bull WELLS RIVER VERMONT 05081TELEPHONE 802-429-2332 bull FAX 802-4229-2217

bull E-MAIL newmanlumbercopivotnetbull Website wwwnewmanlumbercocom

SPECIALIZING IN PATTERNS

A COMPANY YOU CAN BANK ONWITH YEARS OF Experience

The Waldun GroupOne-stop source for quality cedar products

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS TWIN RIVERS CEDAR

STAVE LAKE CEDAR MampR WOOD TURNING

Working as ONE to better serve you

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge BC V2W 1L1TEL (901) 6044628266FAX (901) 604 4628266wwwwalduncom infowalduncom

Look to the Leader in Manufacturing QualityCypress Southern Yellow Pine and HardwoodLumber

Look to Jerry G Williams amp Sons IncCypress

Select amp 2 Common Grades 44 - 54 - 84 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSurfaced to S4S and patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping and 54x10rdquoStringer material - cut-to-length Stair TreadsPine Pallet Parts

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 7rdquo 8rdquo 9rdquo 10rdquo 11rdquo amp 12rdquo amp W in Yellow Poplar Red Oak and White Oak FAS and 1 Common NHLA GradesAll lumber can be Gang Ripped 1rdquo thru 12rdquo - Straight Line RippedSurfaced S2S or S4SPrecut Pallet Parts Deck Boards and StringersPlease call for exact specification

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

PO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577Please Call Thomas Brian or Bob whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Jerry GG WWilliams ampamp Sons IInc

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

IN EASTERN WHITE PINE

PRODUCTSbull NeLMA PATTERNS

bull PANELINGbull FLOORING

bull SIDINGbull TIMBERS

bull SHOP LUMBER

FACILITIESbull MILL - PRODUCING 30 MILLION BOARD FEET

bull DRY KILNSbull TWO PLANER MILLS

KKIINNGG FFOORREESSTT IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS IINNCC53 Eastside Road bull Wentworth NH 03282TEL 6037645711 bull FAX 6037649654

FOR SALES CALL BBOB DAVISON

MAKING THEGRADE

For Sales Call (214) 358-2314 Toll Free 877-318-5261

Fax (214) 358-2383Web site timbersonlinecom

1 amp BTR GREEN DOUGLAS FIRsizes up to 20rdquo x 20rdquoLengths to 40rsquoNOW STOCKING DOUGLAS FIR Tru-DryTM TimbersEXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR LA OK TX1 amp BTR WESTERN RED CEDARsizes up to 16rdquo x16rdquoLengths to 32rsquoOAK TIMBERSsizes up to 12rdquo x12rdquoLengths to 20rsquoLarger sizes available upon request

207-627-7600

wwwhancocklumbercom

Eastern White Pine from Maine

PUTTING YOU FIRST

US CANADIAN SOFTWOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

EXPORT SUPPLIERSImportExport Wood Purchasing Newsrsquoworldwide circulation is distributed tocompanies that purchase bothHardwood and Softwood products

A guide to

Eastern White Pine from Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

Stock Width HardwoodSpecializing in Stock or Fixed Width LumberRed Oak White Oak Poplar FAS and 1 CommonCypressSelect amp 2 Common Grades 44 3rdquo-12rdquo widthSouthern Yellow Pine54 KD in 3rdquo 4rdquo 5rdquo 6rdquo 10rdquo 12rdquo - 4rsquo thru 16rsquo lengthsSpecialize in Nosed Edged Stepping

The Sawmill for all Your Quality Lumber Needs

Jerryy G Williamss amp Sons IncPO Box 2430 524 Brogden Rd Smithfield NC 27577

Please Call Thomas Ezzell or Bob Maiers

whenever we can be of service at

(919) 934-4115Fax 919-934-4956

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220

800-955-2677 800-888-0227

Connecticut

Vermontt Maine

wwwHoodDistributioncom

Tight-knot Western Red Cedar out performs vinyl siding year after year Vinyl sell-ers claim that itrsquos low maintenance yet cedar needs the same cleaning as vinylUnlike vinyl if the cable guy cuts a hole a little too big with cedar he simply fills itpaints it and no onersquos the wiser Try painting vinyl or finding caulking that matchgesthe color of the customerrsquos house If the customer should want to change the colorof their home with vinyl someone has to tell them how much more trouble and costpainting is while cedar takes paint and stains like a dream plus cedar can lasttwice as long as the best vinylLazy S Lumber also sells factory-primed cedar siding that saves prep time andspeeds up installation Vinyl does have its uses Tell your clients that cedar offersbuilders high profits less work and long lasting beauty from any angle

USE THE RIGHT STUFF FOR THE JOB

WESTERN RED CEDAR SIDING

Contact Todd Fox for a distributor near you 503-632-3550

Look for and demand Lazy S brand Cedar Siding

541-343-5854

How bigUp to 52 feet longfor 34 x 34 inch timbers

To learn more about our real big timber and otherproducts and services call us today at

wwwzipologcomEugene Oregon

illl amp Timberr Products

Contact Jim Dunse Berny Power

or Sid Sigfusson

At Mill amp Timber we mill our logs at our sawmills

in Port Moody and Surrey BC and we finish our

lumber at our plant in Richmond Mill amp Timber is

your source for reliable service and the highest

quality Western Red Cedar products

1 2 7 7 00 -- 1 1 6 t hh A v e S u r r e y B CC V 3 VV 7 H 9P h 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 2 7 8 1F a x 6 0 4 - 5 8 0 - 3 6 4 6

Western Red Cedar is the Bestand the Best Western Red Cedar

comes from Mill amp Timber

1-877-898-5266wwwwynndellumbercom

RICHARDSON TIMBERS

Edward W Allen 1402 Wilkinson CtSt Peter MN 56082

Office 507-931-5724Fax 507-931-5740Cell 612-850-4873

E-mail edwardwallenmsncom bull Website wwwedallenexport-edwardwallenmsncom

edallenexportingcom

CENTRAL MINNESOTAHARDWOOD SALES LLC

EXPORTING OF HARDWOOD LOGS FROM THE NORTHERN USA

edwardwallenmsncomwwwedallenexportingcom

Easternn WhitePinee fromm Maine

wwwhancocklumbercom

bull Manufacturers and wholesale distributorsbull Log Home and timber frame componentsbull Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams green or drybull TPI Certifiedbull Decking and flooringbull Glu lam beamsbull Dowels porch posts hand rail and decorative posts

up to 12rdquobull 4x4 KD Hem-Fir appearancebull Lathe turned and coped logs

7rdquo to 12rdquo diameter - 8rsquo to 16rsquo lengths

Lakewood WA1-800-232-2132

Portland OR1-800-819-4238

Manufacturerss amp Processors

whoo supply

O V E R

500000000rsquooff Hardwoodss are

Representedd Online

S E E

forestproductsstockexc com

PO Box 57Vandalia Illinois 62471

(618) 283-0783 bull Fax (618) 283-9923E-mail salesctcexportcom Website wwwctcexportcm

CTC EXPORT INCPRODUCERS OF EXPORT QUALITY

AMERICAN VENEER LOGS AND SAWLOGS

AshBlack Walnut

CherryHard Maple

HickoryRed Oak

White OakRed Gum

Yellow PinePoplar

Aromatic Cedarothers upon request

Veneer logs amp Top

Quality Saw logs

Looking for Eastern White Pine chipsCall Hancock Lumber Email khyneshancocklumbercomor call 207-615-3348

OctoberNovember 2010 Page 31

ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

PRODUCTS

INTERNATIONAL

WOOD PRODUCTS

ASSOCIATION

bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

Kenny MacMaster bull Buz Clanton bull Bob Keep

SALESS CONTACTS

Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

wwwargofineimportscom

Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

CONTACTT USS AT

Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

Page 32 ImportExport Wood Purchasing News

C u s t o m S i z e s

w h i t e o a k

r e d o a k

w h i t e a s h

b e e c h

b a s s w o o d

h a r d m a p l e

b l a c k w a l n u t

b l a c k c h e r r y

p o p l a r

h i c k o r y

p e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n s i s t e n t

Quality

C u s t o m G r a d e s

Storms have come

your foundation stands

w w w B i n g a m a n L u m b e r c o m p h o n e + 1 5 7 0 3 7 4 1 1 0 8

ON B INGAMAN QUALITY

a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

fax +1 570 374 3901 exportBingamanLumbercom

wwwBingamanLumbercom

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ARGO FINE IMPORTS - (aumlrrsquogo) 1 Importers of

Hardwood plywoood 2 Consistent high Quality panels3 Experienced and knowledgeable sales staff 4 Maintainthe Highest Integrity standards in the industry

Meranti- Indonesian MalaysianChineseMelapi-IndonesianFlorecore Extreme UnderlaymentBaromalli-South AfricaFaveira- BrazilRed Oak - Indonesian ChineseUV Birch Cabinet Select - ChineseBirch- Russian ChineseObeeche - ChinaPoplar - ChinaOkoume - ChineseBirch Okoume - Chinese

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bull Don MacMaster Presidentbull Dick Olano bull Todd Wager bull Robert MacMaster bull Joe Manguno bull

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Sande- EcuadorHardboard- BrazilPhenolic Film Face ConcretePanels - ChineseParticleboard- MexicoKeruingKapur - IndonesianFir Finger Joint Lumber corendashChinese BrazilContainer Flooring- IndonesianFramestock - ChineseIndonesianBrazilRadiata Pine- ChileElliottis Pine- Brazil

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Phone 504-828-0943Fax 504-828-09463045 Ridgelake Dr Metairie LA 70002 E-mail to argoargofineimportscom

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Species of lumber manufactured at our two band mill locationsinclude Red Oak White Oak Beech Ash Walnut HickoryPoplar (Tulipwood) Hard Maple and Soft Maple

Exporting 44 through 164 Thicknesses of Appalachian

Hardwood Lumber

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber from AmericaWhen you want it The Way You Want It from

Begley Lumber Company Inc

John Patterson andMatt Begley are stand-ing in front of packs oflumber with their firmrsquoslogo on them that will beshipped to an overseascustomer

FacilitiesWe have two band mill operations - one located in London Kentucky and

the other in Hyden Kentucky that manufacture 60 million board feet ofAppalachian Hardwood lumber 44 through 164 thicknesses per year com-bined have 740000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional30000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer have a Newman 382 planerhave several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of lumber and havean 80 bay sorter that gives us the capacity to offer greater width and lengthsorts

Wersquod like to hear from you when you need Export quality Appalachian Hardwood Lumber

Export Sales John Patterson amp Matt Begley

Begley Lumber Company IncP O Box 2800

London KY 40743-2800Phone (606) 877-1228 bull FAX (606) 877-1230

E-mail jpattersonbegleylumbercomWebsite wwwbegleylumbercom

Export Grade Appalachian Hardwood Lumber -Direct From the Source

Chris Hoover and Marijo Wood

Neff Lumber Mills IncBroadway VA

ldquoWe are a 5th generation family-owned sawmill shipping lumberthroughout the United States and Canada and into marketsabroad What started out a long time ago as a flour mill turned intoa producer of walnut burls then walnut lumber and is now acomplete hardwood manufacturing facility and kiln drying opera-tion Our focus is on quality not quantity producing and selling thefinest Appalachian hardwood lumber both green and KDrdquo

Call or fax us the next time you need Quality Export GradeAppalachian Hardwood Lumber Better yet come see us

Marijo Wood is our sales manager and will be glad to meet with you

Neff Lumber Mills IncPO Box 457 12110 Turleytown Road

Broadway Virginia 22815 (USA)Tel 540-896-7031Fax 540-896-7034

E-mail neflumaolcom

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your foundation stands

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a t your ser v ice phone +1 570 374 1108

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wwwBingamanLumbercom

1195 Creek Mountain Rd Kreamer PA 17833 USA

Bingaman amp Son Lumber Inc

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