Lumber
Lumber, also known as timber, is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for structural purposes but has many other uses as well. There are two main types of lumber. It may be supplied either rough-sawn, or surfaced on one or more of its faces. Besides pulpwood, rough lumber is the raw material for furniture-making and other items requiring additional cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, usually hardwoods; but it is also readily available in softwoods, such as white pine …
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U4: U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre · 18 April 2024 English
Conceptualising the drivers The role of the financial and service industries in and forms of corruption facilitating transnational corruption has climbed the research agenda in recent years. [...] And regulatory …
which sought to refute the view that lawyers, notaries, accountants and corporate corruption acted to grease the wheels of lumbering …
ITTA: International Tropical Timber Organization · 17 April 2024 English
The FIPPI complains the government is yet to come with a In the 2024-2025 budget announcement, The Minister of policy for the sustainable development of wood and panel finance, Nirmala …
Japan Lumber Reports (JLR) 0.5-month inventories of structural softwood plywood to The Japan Lumber Reports …
Cato Institute · 16 April 2024 English
A tariff is a form of tax. And like any other tax, tariffs impose economic costs that reduce our standard of living. But some talk of tariffs as though these …
with tariff protection, including shoes, softwood lumber, sugar, steel, tires, motorcycles, certain manufacturing …
World Bank Group · 16 April 2024 English
aterials for demonstration far ms (portlandcement, lumber, roof materials) IDA / D1470 Component 2: On-farm …
American Rivers · 15 April 2024 English
America’s rivers and clean water supplies are in crisis. Forty-four percent of waterways in the U.S. are too polluted for swimming or fishing, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. …
regulations. Using the already developed Little Pee Dee Lumber Focus Area Conservation Plan, we can advocate for …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 12 April 2024 English
During the Progressive Era (1900-29), economic growth was rapid but volatile. Boom and busts witnessed the formation and failure of tens of thousands of firms and thousands of banks. This …
were harvested in forests in the West, cut into lumber at sawmills at a city near the forest, shipped …
AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 2 April 2024 English
Slides · Methodology The American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center released its monthly update to the AEI Housing Market Indicators on April 2, 2024.
This would lower rather than further inflate lumber costs – a key home construction input. f. Reduce …
Public Citizen · 1 April 2024 English
Those rules authorize the Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to designate an “appointing authority” who—absent agreement by the parties—can select the sole arbitrator (or, in …
already been used to challenge rules on softwood lumber, high fructose corn syrup and pesticides. U.S. …
DIR: Daiwa Institute of Research Group · 1 April 2024 English
Business conditions DI (actual result) worsen due to production cuts in motor vehicles, while price pass-through progresses for small enterprises
1 Textiles 7 22 11 4 19 8 -9 -19 -16 -7 -18 -2 Lumber & Wood products 15 -15 15 0 -23 -38 -7 -11 -20 …
World Bank Group · 1 April 2024 English
Ratings for the Forest Investment Project for Cote d'Ivoire were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the monitoring and evaluation quality was substantial. Some …
understanding of the potential for revitalizing old lumber and fuelwood plantations. 56. The project benefited …
