It is now difficult for the furniture factories and veneer plants to secure enough raw materials.
Facilities for drying the green lumber artificially are few.

It used to be that the hardwood lumber was seasoned for six to nine months before being sold.

Furniture dealers now have to buy the material green from the sawmills.

Competition has become so keen that buyers pay high prices.

They must have the material to keep their plants running and to supply their trade.
The veneer industry provides furniture manufacturers, musical instrument factories, box makers and the automobile industry with high-grade material.