78 | From the Archive
PREVIOUSLY… IN TTJ
Delving into the TTJ archive, we look back at some of the issues and news affecting the timber trade in previous decades
1982
DIY MARKET SET FOR UPTURN FOLLOWING DECLINE, SAYS REPORT The value of the DIY market has declined in real terms by about 15% since 1979 and now stands at £2.1bn despite some optimistic growth forecasts, according to a report by analysts Euromonitor. But it also predicts a stabilisation of the market in 1982 and modest growth in 1983 to a projected value of nearly £3bn in 1984. The Do-it-Yourself Report 1982 shows that the market for wood as a DIY product stood at £260m in 1981, up slightly from 1980 but at the same level as 1979.
The report points out, though, that the retail market for wood and wood products forms only a minor part of total deliveries to the UK market. Total spending on repairs, maintenance and improvements by house occupiers at an estimated figure of £4.05bn in 1981 also shows a decline in real terms since 1979.
UK manufacturers’ sales of wood and wood products declined from £642.5m in 1979 to £617.7m in 1980 according to the report. Bright spots were faced plywood, which rose from £17.22m to £18.73m, faced chipboard, which rose from £68.08m to £79.95m and window frames, which rose from £82.56m to £84.2m.
KARCHER FUNDS EARTH SUMMIT TRIP Timber merchant Raab Karcher has sponsored an environmentalist local councillor to attend the Earth Summit in Rio. As a result, a statement on the UK Timber Trade Federation’s commitment to sustainable forestry management will be read to world leaders at a special ‘green’ award ceremony. Councillor Peter Soulsby, leader of Leicester City council, is travelling to Rio to receive a ‘green Oscar’ – an honour bestowed on 12 cities worldwide by the United Nations’
International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives.
TTJ | July/August 2022 |
www.ttjonline.com 1992
FTA WARNS OF HAULAGE DELAYS
2002
Road transport of timber could be heading for more delays due to increasing congestion, according to a Freight Transport Association survey. The quarterly transport activity survey predicts road network reliability will deteriorate during the current quarter. The FTA said the network generally improved during the second quarter of each year but half of its survey’s respondents reported worse road congestion. Phil Trueman, group logistics manager of Timbmet Ltd, said the FTA’s survey prediction was “depressing” news.
DIRECTIVE TO COST FINNISH FORESTRY SECTOR €200M
2012
Final approval of the Sulphur Directive will cost the Finnish forest industry €200m in annual extra costs, according to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. Talks between the EU Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in May concluded in a settlement that will cap maximum sulphur content of ship fuels at 0.1% as of the beginning of 2015.
“This decision will load a minimum of €200m in annual extra costs on the Finnish forest industry,” said FFIF director- general Timo Jaatinen.
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