Case studies on enterprise types of processing and sales of planted teak timbers

JIRCAS Working Report
ISSN 1341710X
NII recode ID (NCID) AA11159468
To examine the processing and sales of planted teak timber in Thailand, we analyzed the behavior of the Lop Buri Private Forest Plantation Cooperative Limited (PFPC) and Tha Sao Sawmill LTD., Partnership (Tha Sao Sawmill) as excellent examples, and the Nong Bua Lam Phu PFPC as an example targeting efforts to strengthen and stabilize future management. It was clear that the Lop Buri PFPC had received economic support, largely from an influential member of the cooperative and had many customers to match the supplies around Lop Buri city, hence its management was stable. It was also clear that most of the teak furniture materials consumed in Tha Sao Sawmill’s factory were delivered from the companies’ own planted forests and used specific techniques for the coating process, which gave it a sales advantage over other companies. Conversely, the Nong Bua Lam Phu PFPC, located in northeastern Thailand, lacked such advantages. Accordingly, recapitalization of the latter cooperative was considered inevitable to strengthen and stabilize its management.
Date of issued
Creator Wataru Tanaka Iwao Noda Woraphun Himmapan Suphakorn Klaewkla
Subject teak plantation forest plantation Cooperative Limited teak furniture
Volume 85
spage 99
epage 104
Relation isPartOf : JIRCAS Working Report no.85
Language eng

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