May/June 2010
Hardwood imports and Brazilian forestry practices
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TRADE TALK: Hardwood Imports and Brazilian Forestry Practices On an April morning, I stood in the former Pequot River Shipworks building, located on the waterfront in New London, Conn. The building now holds about 2 million linear feet of Brazilian hardwoods (see photo). This is where General Woodcraft (860/444-9663, mataverdedecking.com) - an importer that sells to contractors along the New England coast and to lumberyards and distributors throughout the U.S. and Canada - keeps its stock of ipe, cumaru, and garapa. Some stacks nearly reach the building's 40-foot ceiling. General Woodcraft's owner, Steve Crook, related how the Brazilian government certifies
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