Germany's timber trade clearly feels the weakening construction sector and the hesitant demand throughout the current year, and is looking into an uncertain future in many respects. However, the storm-tested entrepreneurs seem far from letting this get them down, and are using events such as the Timber Trade Day in Berlin, the International Softwood Conference in Vienna, and the upcoming Wood Industry Day in Cologne for networking, likely generating one or two ideas - for example, what type of wood can replace Siberian larch and how to handle all the bureaucracy rolling towards the industry. Sales and price ...