Show african wood used by U so american american woodworking industries are turning to a wood from the vast forests of the belgian congo known astorina as korina because they are axe unable to obtain high quality timber at home one of the countries largest timber users already has begun large scale importations of the wood that stacks up with american oak the industry Is importing about 6 feet of korina a month the inability to obtain high quality timber in the united states Is blamed on two things lack of a sound conservation scheme and rapid growth of the woodworking industries dus tries |