UNECE REPORT
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) says that European forest product consumption rose to a record 1.3 billion cubic metres in 2003-4, up 1.3% on the previous year. Its annual 2003-4 market review for the sector said that sawn softwood demand rose strongly in western Europe (up 5% to 79 million m3). Increased housing construction also inflated European demand for hardwood. *http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/fpama/2004/fpama2004a.htm
THE UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) says that European forest product consumption rose to a record 1.3 billion cubic metres in 2003-4, up 1.3% on the previous year. Its annual 2003-4 market review for the sector said that sawn softwood demand rose strongly in western Europe (up 5% to 79 million m3). Increased housing construction also inflated European demand for hardwood. *http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/fpama/2004/fpama2004a.htm
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