Factors Affecting the Price of Beech Timber Sale by Auctions in Turkey
Titel:
Factors Affecting the Price of Beech Timber Sale by Auctions in Turkey
Auteur:
İsmet DAŞDEMİR
Verschenen in:
Bartin Orman Fakültesi dergisi
Paginering:
Jaargang 10 (2008) nr. 14 pagina's 1-12
Jaar:
2008
Inhoud:
There are many factors affecting the auction price of timber in the state forest enterprises in Turkey. This studywas handled to determine the factors affecting the price of third class normal sized beech timber sale by auctions.It was carried out in two rival state forest enterprises (Bartın and Yenice) of Zonguldak Regional ForestDirectorate in the Western Blacksea Region of Turkey. The data obtained from the total 149 timber auctions inthe period 1998-2002 were used as material in this study. The effects of seasonal and other factors on the auctionprice of beech timber were investigated by variance analysis, season and month indexes, and correlation,regression and factors analyses respectively. At the end of statistical analyses, it was determined that the seasonsaffected the beech timber prices at the 90% significant level. The most positive effect in spring and the mostnegative effect in winter were determined. The month most affecting timber price was April. Also, the factorsthe most affecting the price of beech timber sale by auctions were determined as follows: (1) Timing of theauctions, (2) Quantity of supply and size of timber stack, (3) Demand level, (4) Quality and appropriateness tostandardization in timber production. Furthermore, based on these conclusions, some suggestions were made inorder to plan marketing activities optimally and to improve the marketing policies and to ensure economicallysustainability in state forest enterprises.
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