Tampa International Forest Products LLC

	Since 1976, our customers have depended on us to provide quality products, on time delivery and critical market information making Tampa International Forest Products, LLC their partner of choice for their building product needs. We are committed to remaining a low-cost supplier for our customers and a low cost marketing agent for our vendors. Our professional traders will keep you abreast of changes in the marketplace. We are committed to sourcing and marketing your lumber, panel, and steel products. Our value to you is our commitment to service. We are proud to be your low-cost commodity partner.

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The mission of Tampa International Forest Products, LLC, is to be your supplier of choice; your vendor of choice; and your employer of choice. We must earn the trust of all to establish a quality business relationship. We will do what we say we will do; and we will do it with integrity, with innovation, and with passion

About Us
(Message from our President, Company History)

Message from our President

Tampa International Forest Products, LLC, is proud to be a subsidiary of Forest City Trading Group, LLC, Portland, Oregon. What do we bring to your table?

30 professional traders with over 490 years experience in the building products industry.

13 professional staff people with over 185 years experience at Tampa International Forest Products, LLC.

All of us have the same goal – treat others as we want to be treated, with a high level of service based on honesty, integrity, and understanding. Our people are the key to our success, and we provide them with the latest technology, training, and service tools to make our customers and suppliers lives a little easier.

Why should you deal with us?

Because we are all determined to do what we say we will do.

Because of the knowledge and market information we provide you on every communication.

Because we understand that when your margins benefit, our margins will also benefit.

We know you have a choice in every transaction, and we believe that we are only as good as your last impression of us.

If you are a current trading partner, we thank you for your trust and faith in us and your business. If you are not, we look forward to earning your trust and support in the future.

Aaron Babcock
President

Company History

Tampa International Forest Products, LLC, was formed in 1976 in Tampa, Florida. Through the efforts of our dedicated employees, we have grown to a company that last year shipped over 4,500 carloads and 11,000 truckloads of building products. Our 900 customers depend on us to provide service on every order. Our suppliers depend on us to distribute their full range of products to our customer base. We are involved in both short-term and long-term planning for customers and suppliers. Our job is to use our innovation and skills to match the needs of suppliers and customers in a manner that creates a profitable long-term business relationship for all. We owe our growth and success to our customer and supplier loyalty. We will continue to support manufacturers who produce product using sustainable forest management.

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Customer Resources
(Terms and Conditions, Credit Application, Tally Calculator, Material Safety Data Sheet)

To obtain the information please click on the links below, please be aware you will need adobe acrobat reader to view them:

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Environmental Considerations
(Corporate Environmental Policy)

Forest City Trading Group, LLC is one of the largest lumber and building materials wholesale organizations in North America. Forest City Trading Group, LLC and its subsidiary companies are dedicated to building and enhancing professionalism within their industry sphere and providing a wide range of products and information to the customers they serve. We recognize that leadership in the forest products industry carries a responsibility to the environment and, in particular, the world’s forests. Forest City Trading Group, LLC our subsidiary companies actively support those suppliers who use sustainable forest management practices that promote forest sustainability and result in long-term environmental, social, and economic benefit.

Forest City Trading Group, LLC and its subsidiary companies endorse the significant efforts being made within the forest products industry to assuage the public’s environmental concerns through the development and implementation of scientifically based forest products certification programs. We view the wise and prudent use of renewable resources as a cornerstone to the world’s long term building products needs, and support those firms and organizations that embrace these practices. We define certified forest products as those materials that originate in forests that have been independently audited and certified as well managed by a credible independent third party. We intend to increase the purchase and sale of third party certified forest products when price and availability allow.

In accordance with the above policy, it is our intent to inform and educate our employees, customers and suppliers on those organizations that are developing and promoting forest products certification programs, Accordingly, we recognize that the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Canadian Standards Association (CSA) as some of the leading programs using sound, scientifically based management principles in promoting sustainable forestry practices.

Forest City Trading Group, LLC and its subsidiary companies promote implementation of and compliance with constructive logging laws in all global timber-producing regions. We categorically reject illegal logging practices in any part of the timber-producing world and support the establishment of laws and regulations that protect legal and sustainable trade in forest products. We urge all levels of government to enforce laws established to prevent environmental destruction caused by illegal logging.

As an industry leader, Forest City Trading Group, LLC and its subsidiary companies is committed to leveraging its influence in the marketplace to promote the conservation and protection of natural resources. Wood products from our forests provide vital benefits and are widely used in all facets of residential and commercial construction, furnishings and many other applications. We recognize and promote wood as the only all-natural, biodegradable, renewable resource that will provide for our benefit today and for our children tomorrow.

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TIFP offers the best of the following products and services, please click on them for more information:

Eastern SPF

Import Department

Industrial Department

Panel Department

Southern Pine

Steel Department

Western Species

Western SPF

Come and Join our Team!

Tampa International Forest Products, LLC is a wholesaler of forest products that is always looking for new talent to join the company. We offer a dynamic work environment combined with growth opportunity and high earnings potential. Our full array of benefits include: