Source: Global Trade Atlas

Source: Global Trade Atlas & FAO Forstat

Source: Global Trade Atlas

Source: USDA GATS

Source: USDA GATS

Source: FII Ltd drawing on BTS Ltd & Eurostat

Source: USDA GATS

US Hardwood Lumber Exports to China

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Jan -Nov.2012

Mill

ion

Boa

rd F

eet

2012 Annualized

1999 - 2006US Furniture Manufacturing Shift to

China and US Housing Boom

2006 - 2009US Housing Bust and Worldwide Economic

Turmoil

China's Growing Middle Class Consuming US Hardwoods

1999 - 2006+ 759.5%

2009 - 2012+ 154.5%

Source: Global Trade Atlas

Source: USDA GATS

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Main Timber suppliers to VN in ‘12

Laos24%

United States of America

12%

China11%Malaysia

7%

Cameroon6%

Thailand6%

New Zealand6%

Cambodia4%

Myanmar3%

Brazil3%

Other19%

Source: MoITAnalyzed by HAWA

Source: USDA GATS

Source: USDA GATS

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