What is the dominant type of raw material wood (as in pine wood vs.
cedar, etc...) used in regular briquet charcoal manufacturing in the
US today? A lot of charcoal is manufactured in MO and TN.
And what is the size of the international Charcoal
production/consumption market (all countries outside of the US) in
terms of annual tonnage volumes and dollars?

Thanks much.
njc

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Clarification of Question by em1234-ga on 22 Jul 2003 12:00 PDT

Charcoal production/consumption in terms of charcoal BRIQUETS. As in,
BBQ charcoal briquets, not total charcoal amounts.

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Clarification of Question by em1234-ga on 22 Jul 2003 12:03 PDT

Looking for spot prices on raw materials for charcoal briquet
production in US. These woods are often used : Hickory, Oak, Maple
(hardwoods) and whatever consitutes "wood fuel", what I need now are
US domestic weekly or monthly spot prices over time (since 1990) for
these wood raw materials.

thanks.