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Article: U.S. Wood Products Industry Applauds President's Efforts to Open Japanese Market
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 8, 1992
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "The National Forest
Products Association applauds President Bush's decision to personally
become involved in the effort to open fully Japan's market," said
Barry Cullen, president of NFPA.
"Despite world-class competitiveness, the U.S. wood products
industry has found access to the critically important Japanese market
seriously restricted by a profusion of tariff and non-tariff
barriers."
The National Forest Products Association noted that these barriers
to U.S. wood products take two forms: tariff barriers on processed
wood products that limit the ability of U.S. producers to sell
value-added wood products in Japan, and a host of complex regulations ...