But obsolete wood processing machinery and the continued fall of primary commodity prices including gold and cocoa, have taken its toll.

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As you stated, much wood processing is now undertaken in countries from which it is almost impossible to track the honest origin of timber.

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What little experience there was in big factories typically came from textile or wood-processing.

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Our closest aggregate measure of demand for the FSC products is the demand for Chain of Custody certificates, required of companies processing certified wood and fiber for products taken to retail markets with the logo.

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Metals are mined and wood is cut, but they are usually exported for processing and manufacturing, leaving the krai bereft of local industry.

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