world news - 12.08.2009
German business secretary meets sawmilling group
BSHD
chief executive Frank Ahnefeld met parliamentary secretary in the
federal Ministry of Economics Hartmut Schauerte to talk about
conditions for sawmillers and supply of wood raw material. Also
discussed were moves for a successor organisation to Holzabsatzfonds
(The German Timber Promotion Fund), which was forced to stop operations
in June following a court decision over its funding. The
BSHD also recently used questionnaires to quiz political parties on
their policies towards the timber industry in advance of the September
federal elections.The
German Association of the Sawmilling and Timber Industry (BSHD) has met
the government’s business secretary to discuss conditions in the German
timber industry, TTJ reported.
See also:
- — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss glaring situation with export of round timber
- — RF timber export curbs not aimed to infringe neighbours interests.
- — Wood trade in Finland continues at a record slow pace
- — Forest owners make profits on energy wood
- — Timber body challenged on climate claims
