International Tropical Timber Organization
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International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) International Organizations Center - 5th Floor, Pacifico-Yokohama
Market Information Service (MIS) 1-1-1 Minato-Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012, Japan
E-mail: mis@itto.or.jp Website: http://www.itto.or.jp
Tropical Timber Market Report since 1990
Volume 13 Number 7, 1-15 April 2008
The ITTO Tropical Timber Market (TTM) Report, an output of the ITTO Market Information Service (MIS), is
published in English every two weeks with the aim of improving transparency in the international tropical timber
market. Its contents do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ITTO. News may be reprinted without
charge provided that the ITTO TTM Report is credited. A copy of the publication should be sent to the editor.
Snapshot
West African prices were stable, but expected to show
some volatility as the US and UK economies continued to
struggle. Prices for Malaysian rubberwood rose due to
increased demand for raw latex. In contrast, no price
changes were reported in Indonesia as a result of port
strikes caused by changes to Indonesian legislation on
ports. However, the strikes gave a further boost to
Malaysian prices. Yearly trends of Myanmar log prices
also showed limited changes over the April 2007 – April
2008 period.
Crackdowns on illegal logging continued in Ghana,
Brazil, Peru and the EU. Ghana’s Forestry Commission
worked with military and police teams to prevent illegal
operations in the country. Brazil’s IBAMA stopped illegal
timber from passing through Santerém port and created a
website to show forested areas where logging activities
had been suspended. Peru announced plans to revise
mahogany sawnwood yield calculations in an effort to
comply with provisions under the US-Peru Free Trade
Agreement. The EC had also been looking into EU-wide
legislation to prevent imports of illegal wood.
Contents
Central/West Africa 2
Ghana 2
Malaysia 3
Indonesia 4
Myanmar 4
Brazil 5
Peru 6
Bolivia 7
Guyana 7
Japan 8
China 9
Europe and the UK 10
Internet News 13
Currencies and Abbreviations 14
Ocean Freight Index 14
Appendix: Tropical Timber Price Trends 14
Headlines
Prices surge across the board for Malaysian timber products 3
Port strikes stall movement of Indonesian prices 4
IBAMA tightens control on illegal logging in the Amazon 5
Brazil’s exports jump 14% February 2008 6
INRENA announces plans to revise yield rates 6
Guyana’s furniture exports leap 30% in March 2008 7
Imported plywood volume to Japan plunges
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