ドイツの製材産業における国際競争

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In recent years the domestic production and the import volume of sawn timber from East Europe increased significantly. On the other hand, the German export volume of sawn timber is still comparatively low. Consequently, the German sawn timber market has become increasingly competitive. One possibility to relieve the home market is to strengthen the export efforts. However, participating in international markets is risky and requires a certain level of international competitiveness. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the present level of international competitiveness of the German sawmilling industry on the 10 largest import markets of sawn timber worldwide. Two parameters, market share in 1998 and market share growth between 1994 and 1998, were selected to indicate the international competitiveness. Further, the leading European sawn timber exporting countries, Finland and Sweden, were chosen for comparison. The research findings showed that almost all market shares were relative low in 1998. Therefore, it can be concluded on a relative low international competitiveness of the German sawmilling industry. However, even it started from a quite low level, the average annual market growth was quite favourable on several foreign markets between 1994 and 1998. Therefore, the German sawmilling industry seems to be on the right way to improve its international competitiveness, even there is still a long way to go.
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