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Data On The Timber Market

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Here you are some important data published by the ITTO (International Organisation of Tropical Timber) on timber production and trade in general. The analysis of the data lead us to the following considerations:

• diminution of logs production as well as sawn wood.
• In counterpart, we remark a significant increase in the plywood, feuillus and contreplaqués production.

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Table 1 - Production of logs, sawn wood, plywood and contreplaqués by members producers of ITTO (1 000 m3 of products)

Year	Logs	Sawn	Plywood	Contreplaqués
1989	142 979	42 386	1 214	12 113
1990	137 625	39 358	1 332	12 375
1991	122 495	32 872	1 501	12 836
1992	124 374	33 809	1 723	13 635
1993	120 166	34 928	1 831	13 819

Source :

ITTO - 1993

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Table 2 - Producton of logs, sawn wood, plywood and tropical contreplaqués by the most important producers, members of ITTO - Year 1991 (1 000 m3 of products)

Country	Logs	Sawn	Plywood	Contreplacados
Total Africa	8 203	1 704	302	252
Cameroun	2 290	277	20	85
Ivory-Coast	2 046	691	185	37
Gabon	1 178	66	12	100
Ghana	1 229	420	30	15
Congo	572	54	37	0
Total Asia	89 820	22 607	962	11 275
India	18 350	8 800	4	360
Indonesia	26 880	2 802	60	9 000
Malaysia	39 840	8 970	694	1 429
Papua-New-Guinea	2 600	320	0	15
Phillipines	1 919	726	54	321
Thaïland	231	989	150	150
Total Lat America	24 472	8 561	237	1 309
Brazil	19 500	6 500	210	1 100
Colombia	1 350	521	6	83
Equador	2 001	865	8	87
Total	122 495	32 872	1 501	12 836

Source :

ITTO - 1993