The work of the Wood Technology Institute YEAR XLIV - ISSUE 4 (164) 2000
Out-of-print edition. Available in ITD’s reading room.
ISSN 0032-6240
| W. Strykowski, A. Szostak: Basis for price establishment of wood and wood materials in Poland taking into account experiences of some selected countries |
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| CONTENTS | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| 1. Basic problems associated with price establishment | 5 |
| 2. Identification and systematisation of long- and short-term factors affecting price levels of raw material and wood materials in Poland and in some selected countries | 10 |
| 2.1. Short-term factors | 11 |
| 2.2. Long-term factors | 19 |
| 3. Assessment of price trends of raw material and wood materials in Poland and in some selected countries and determination of the impact of foreign markets on prices in Poland | 25 |
| 3.1. Price trends of wood raw material | 25 |
| 3.2. Comparison of price trends for wood raw material in Poland, Germany and Austria | 29 |
| 3.3. Price trends of wood materials | 34 |
| 3.4. Comparison of price trends for wood materials in Poland, Germany and Austria | 40 |
| 3.5. Assessment of the impact of foreign markets on prices of wood raw material and wood materials in Poland | 40 |
| 4. Analysis of methods of price establishment in the forestry-wood sector in Poland and some selected countries | 42 |
| 4.1. Background and procedures of price establishment in Poland | 42 |
| 4.2. Background and procedures of price establishment in Germany | 45 |
| 4.3. Background and procedures of price establishment in Austria | 47 |
| 4.4. Background and procedures of price establishment in Sweden | 51 |
| 5. Analysis of forms of sale of wood raw material | 53 |
| 5.1. Regulations governing the sale of wood raw material in Poland | 53 |
| 5.2. Regulations governing the sale of wood raw material in Germany | 61 |
| 5.3. Regulations governing the sale of wood raw material in Austria | 66 |
| 5.4. Regulations governing the sale of wood raw material in Sweden | 67 |
| 5.5. Regulations governing the sale of wood raw material in Finland | 68 |
| 6. Price stabilisation methods of wood raw material in Poland and in some selected countries | 68 |
| 7. Determination of the price impact of substitutes on price establishment of wood and wood-derived materials | 75 |
| 7.1. Prices of selected wood articles and their substitutes in Poland - results of direct investigations | 75 |
| 7.2. Price analysisof raw material and wood substitute materials | 84 |
| 8. Conclusions | 93 |
| 9. References | 96 |
| Summary | 102 |
