Guide to investment and trade in the forest-product sectors of Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Working paper

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5559275

Declining timber resources, an increase in value-added wood-base processing, new export markets, and a growing stress on joint ventures have been key factors in the rapid evolution since 1975 of Southeast Asia's forest products industry. The report profiles the industry and its prospects in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia, each of which differs with respect to stage of wood-industry development and investment climate. The countries' forest management policies, timber resources, and the status of their wood-based processing industries are reviewed first, followed by an overview of the business environment in each country, the latter covering policies toward foreign investment (including the increasingly important investments from other less-developed countries), investment licensing and regulation, taxation, exporting/importing regulations, and policies governing currency and capital controls. Includes a 5-page list of references and a short annotated bibliography.

• Research Organization: Southeastern Center for Forest Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Forestry Private Enterprise Initiative Project
• OSTI ID: 5559275
• Report Number(s): PB-89-204341/XAB; FPEI-WP--32
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
ASIA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EXPORTS
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
INDONESIA
INDUSTRY
INVESTMENT
ISLANDS
JOINT VENTURES
MALAYSIA
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
PHILIPPINES
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY