?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4118%2F&rft.title=South+Korea-+Potential+Market+for+Russian+Logs&rft.creator=Tak%2C+K.&rft.description=Korea+with+its+over+40+million+population+and+small+forest+land+base+relies+heavily+on+imports+for+its+wood+consumption.+Korea+is+usually+the+second+largest+log+importer+in+the+world+after+Japan.+Since+the+worsening+importing+conditions+in+the+traditional+log+suppling+countries%2C+Korea+has+always+looked+for+alternative+supply+sources+which+could+provide+logs+with+better+conditions.+The+Russian+Far+East+has+emerged+as+a+new+source+of+supply+which+could+meet+the+conditions+Korea+looks+for+since+Korea+established+diplomatic+ties+with+the+former+Soviet+Union+in+1990.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+purpose+of+this+paper+is+to+help+Russian+forest+sector+best+prepared+for+Korean+market%2C+since+Korean+market+is+relatively+new+to+Russia+but+the+market+is+growing+and+has+a+large+potential+for+Russian+logs.+This+paper+includes+two+major+parts%3A+Korean+forest+sector+and+market+potential+for+Russian+logs+in+Korea.+In+the+first%2C+Korean+forest+sector+is+introduced+of+its+resource+base%2C+demand+and+supply+structure%2C+and+forest+product+industries.+In+the+second+part%2C+Korean+market+is+analyzed+for+characteristics+of+the+market%2C+imports+of+Russian+logs%2C+Russian+logs+substitutability+for+competitor+logs%2C+and+limiting+factors+to+increase+the+exports+to+Korea.+This+paper+attempted+to+project+an+outlook+of+Russian+log+imports+to+Korea+by+year+2000+based+upon+three+price+scenarios.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+concludes+that+growing+wood+consumption+in+Korea+and+Russian+logs+superior+wood+properties+to+competitor+logs+will+positively+affect+the+outlook+of+using+Russian+logs+in+Korea.+This+paper+also+indicated+that+unification+of+two+Koreas+will+be+another+positive+factor+to+increase+the+level+of+imports+of+Russian+logs+to+Korea.&rft.publisher=WP-94-093&rft.date=1994-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4118%2F1%2FWP-94-093.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tak%2C+K.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1605.html%3E++(1994).++South+Korea-+Potential+Market+for+Russian+Logs.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-093+++++