Japan: JAS Program Supports Domestic Lumber

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In 2019, Japan’s Forestry Agency (FA) developed the Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS) Structural Wood Expansion Program, a $22 million support program for JAS-graded structural wood products. U.S. dimension lumber exports to Japan are not JAS-graded. FA has expanded the program in 2020.

Japan: JAS Program Supports Domestic Lumber

 

 

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