About 20 percent of the total production of tropical timber is traded internationally. But for Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and some countries in West-Central Africa, tropical timber trade accounts...
Japanese direct foreign investment (DFI) in developing countries has been export market oriented. Exports were the dominant sales destinations for the affiliates in the primary industries. In manufacturing...
This study analyzes copper consumption trends in countries. Its purpose is to clarify the determinants of these provide a better understanding about likely future developments. developing trends and Inter-country...
Japan's continuing large current account surpluses have promoted a series of investigators to examine the volume and the structure of the goods that Japan imports. The usual charge is that Japan's level...
The world copper market, depressed for more than a decade, has undergone a dramatic structural change. Depressed demand for copper was caused by the slowdown in world economic growth, a declining share...
For some time, forest products have been the most important product group in Indonesia's exports except for petroleum. This report reviews the recent changes in Indonesia's timber policy and assesses the...
This report examines the issues related to, and the prospects for, the growth of local processing of tropical hardwood in log-producing areas. While the report covers the broad issues of mechanical processing...