What is Timber Merchandising?

What is Timber Merchandising

- article from myfuture.edu
This is a sector of the forest and forest products industry.

This sector includes wholesale distributors who import timber and wood products from overseas and/or interstate or buy from local manufacturers for sale to merchants and other large volume clients. They are often associated with large timber producers and are usually based in capital cities or major regional centres.

Timber merchants sell to trade users of timber products (eg commercial and industrial builders, furniture manufacturers). They usually handle many different types of timber species and products, bought from a large number of suppliers. They may provide ancillary services (eg quantities and sizes to order, drying, moulding).

Re-manufacturers design and construct wall frames and roof trusses to engineered specifications for domestic and commercial building. Others produce pallets, casks, boxes, crates and so on for agricultural and industrial use.

Retailers sell timber products and associated hardware in smaller quantities to individual tradespeople and the general public. Here the emphasis is on display, customer service and packaging.