The 2013 Import and Export Market for Hoopwood; Wood Split Poles, Piles, Pickets, and Stakes; Rough Wooden Sticks for Walking Sticks and Tool Handles; and Chipwood and Similar Strips in France

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on hoopwood; wood split poles, piles, pickets, and stakes; rough wooden sticks for walking sticks and tool handles; and chipwood and similar strips in France face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying hoopwood; wood split poles, piles, pickets, and stakes; rough wooden sticks for walking sticks and tool handles; and chipwood and similar strips to France? How important is France compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of hoopwood; wood split poles, piles, pickets, and stakes; rough wooden sticks for walking sticks and tool handles; and chipwood and similar strips vary from one country of origin to another in France? On the supply side, France also exports hoopwood; wood split poles, piles, pickets, and stakes; rough wooden sticks for walking sticks and tool handles; and chipwood and similar strips. Which countries receive the most exports from France? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for hoopwood; wood split poles, piles, pickets, and stakes; rough wooden sticks for walking sticks and tool handles; and chipwood and similar strips in France. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for hoopwood; wood split poles, piles, pickets, and stakes; rough wooden sticks for walking sticks and tool handles; and chipwood and similar strips for those countries serving France via exports, or supplying from France via imports. It does so for the