ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This publication has been produced with the contribution of time, expertise and inputs from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Cebu Furniture Industries Federation (CFIF), the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP), the Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA), and other institutions such as the academe (Visayas State University) and research agencies (Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD).

Additional information was obtained from various websites on the internet, especially on international markets and trade and from related, previous value chain studies.