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Emission of chemical substances from products made of exotic wood

2 Survey of Products Made of Exotic Wood on the Danish Market

To get an overview of, which exotic wood species and products presently are on the Danish market, a market survey has been carried out.

The market survey is based on information from Statistics Denmark and on contact with numerous importers, distributors and manufacturers of floorings, furniture, kitchen fittings and articles for everyday use, art and ornaments.

Importers, distributors and manufacturers have been chosen on basis of the project group's knowledge of the market and recommendations from the companies contacted as well as Internet searching.

Information about amount and value of articles made of wood, which in 2002 were imported to Denmark, has been obtained from Statistics Denmark. The imported amounts are in the statement stated in different groups. In the statements from the Danish foreign trade there is a differentiation between "tropical wood" and "other wood". Appendix A states, which wood species are included in "tropical wood".

Unfortunately, Statistics Denmark does not distinguish between different wood species, but only between "tropical wood" and "other wood" and which product categories are in question. Far the main part of the Danish import of exotic wood (stated in amount) is constituted of timber. This product category is outside the scope of this project. Table 6 below states the Danish import of the remainder product categories of "tropical wood" in 2002 (Statistics Denmark, 2002).

Table 6 Danish import of "tropical wood" stated according to product category (2002 figures)

Statistics Denmark's Foreign Trade distributed on articles and tasks states in chapter 94 "Miscellaneous articles" the import of furniture. The statement does not distinguish between furniture of different wood species, but only between furniture of wood, plastic and of other materials.

Thus it is impossible via the statistical surveys to find information, about which wood species are imported. It is likewise impossible to find information about which wood species are primarily used for different products. Information about these matters has therefore been retrieved by contact with importers, manufacturers and distributors of products made of exotic wood. Information about specific products has been obtained from (Johansen, Jensen, Lorentzen, Rubæk, Bendtsen, Møller, Andersen, Konge, Frederiksen, Gottlieb, Indo Art, IQI, IKEA 2003). This information is stated in Table 7. The table also states the companies' information about potential surface treatment.

When available, information has been retrieved information about imported amount and country of origin (Johansen, Lorentzen, Bendtsen, Andersen, Konge, Frederiksen, Indo Art, 2003). This information is stated in Table 8.

Table 7 Information about products made of exotic wood

* The product is indoor climate labelled, ** The oil is indoor climate labelled, *** Surface treatment acc. to manufacturer without content of e.g. azo-pigments

Articles for everyday use are kitchen utensils, service and cutlery, trays, napkin holders, hall racks, blinds etc.

Table 8 List of informed amount and origin for import of products made of exotic wood

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