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HAWAII FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 10216 Hilo, HI 96721
Voice/Fax (808) 959-9545
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VaM, 3 November 1998
Yrvnx Andrea Beck, Executive Director
To- Councilman John Ray, Chair, Committee on Human Services & Economic
Development
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Mzxmgs: Commodity Wood Study
I'm really pleased that you will be able to make room on your committee's
agenda for a presentation by Craig Taylor of Margules Poyry Pty Ltd on the results of
our study, "Market Research on Commodity Wood Products from Eight Non-
Native, Hawai'i-Grown Timber Species."
We are looking forward to making a presentation at the committee meeting
on Tuesday, November 17, between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. I will ask Craig to plan for a
45-minute presentation, but we will be available during the entire meeting should
questions and answers or your judgment dictate. For your information, we will also
be briefing Mayor Yamashiro that morning at 10:00 a.m.
I have attached a draft press release for your information; it will be prepared
and mailed in the next few days. If you note any errors or have any further details
which should be included, please call me as soon as possible, or fax back a marked-
up version.
You asked for a succinct title and description for the purp e of the
co ttee's agenda. How about:
"Local and Export Markets for Hawai'i-Grown Hardwoods. a results of a
pu li n e an non na ve specles, potentia cessing
alternatives and recommended markets will be presented by consultants from
Margules Poyry Pty Ltd on behalf of the Hawai'i Forest Industry Association."
Thanks for your continuing support. It was good to see you in Kona on
Friday, Oct- 30-
For your information, HFI.A's new offices are in the Savio Building, 162
Kino'ole Street #101. The new phone and fax, which are operative, are 933-9411 and
933-9140, respectively. However, until the new computer system and a few other
items are operational., I will continue to operate mostly from our old offices,
phone/fax 959-9545. The transition should be complete in a couple of weeks.
Aloha and mahalo no!
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HAWAII FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 10216 Hilo, HI 96721
Voice/Fax (808) 959-9545
Contact: Andrea Beck
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3 November 1998
Timber's Potential for Local and Export Markets Explored
An assessment of potential markets for commercial tree species ready for
harvest across the state has been completed the Hawai'i Forest Industry Association
(HFIA), a not-for-profit trade group. HFIA contracted with Margules Poyry Pty Ltd,
an Australian-based and managed multidisciplinary consulting firm specializing in
forestry, forest products, and environmental planning, to perform the analysis.
Funding was provided by the Hawaii Forestry and Communities Initiative, a
program which creates partnerships to encourage forestry throughout the state.
Three public meetings to explain the results of the study have been set for
mid-November. The first will be in Hilo at the Hawai'i County Council chambers
on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 1:00 p.m., as part of the Council's Committee on Human
Services and Economic Development meeting. In addition to being open to the
public, this meeting will be broadcast on the public access television channel.
The second meeting will be in Puhi at the Kaua'i Landscape and Nursery
conference room on Wednesday, Nov. 18, The tentative starting time is 10:00 a.m.;
call Ron Peyton at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 245-6513, for
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details.
The final meeting will be in Honolulu at the Department of Land and
Natural Resources board room in the Kalanimoku Building, 1151 Punchbowl Street,
room #130. This presentation will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon.
Craig Taylor of Margules Poyry will present the findings. Eight non-native
tree species which have been commercially planted in Hawai'i were the subject of
research: Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana), toon (Toona ciliata), sugi pine
(Cryptomeria japonica), tropical ash (Fraxinus uhdei), silky oak (Crevillea robusta),
and several species of eucalyptus, including robusta, saligna and grandis.
Each of these species has been profiled, offering information on color,
durability, characteristic defects, working properties and common uses. Practical
value-adding processing alternatives, such as furniture and joinery, decorative
veneer, structural plywood, and flooring, have been identified for each species.
Taylor will further describe the demand for each market product in Hawaii as well
as export demand, and analyze the cost of bringing these trees to market as
compared to the prices of competing products.
Tens of thousands of acres in Hawai'i have been planted in non-native tree
species with the intention of providing a resource for a commercial forest industry,
Some of these plantings are over 50 years old, The state Department of Land and
Natural Resources is expecting to offer harvesting licenses in one of its commercial
timber stands, the Waiakea Timber Management Area on the Big Island, in the
coming months.
HFIA is a non-profit corporation with a diverse membership interested in
maintaining healthy and productive forests. For more information, contact HFIA at
P.O. Box 10216, Hilo, HI 96721. The phone and fax number is (808) 959-9545.
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