Total exports of tropical sawnwood from Brazil in the first three quarters of the year amounted to 323,400 cu.m earning US$ 167.9 million. In the same period last year, exports were 396,100 cu.m and were worth US$ 191.3 million.
The figures for 2011 represent an 18.4% decline in terms of volume and a decline of 12.2% in term of value. In the year up to September, Brazilian exports of tropical sawnwood were mainly directed to Vietnam. The top five countries importing this product were Vietnam, the Netherlands, China, France and India.< These five countries accounted for 67% of the volume and 58% of the value of exports up to September.
Brazil’s tropical plywood exports in decline
Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade recently released data showing that Brazil’s exports of tropical plywood fell 20% in volume and 25% in value in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period of last year.
Tropical plywood exports fell from US$ 44.1 million (78,100 cu.m) last year to US$35.3 million (58,600 cu.m) this year. Together, the Amazonian states of Pará, Acre, Mato Grosso and Rondônia and Mato Grosso do Sul are responsible for 32% in volume and 34% in value of the Brazilian exports of tropical plywood, delivering 18,600 cu.m for export and earning US$12.0 million in export earnings.
Imazon report shows a reduction in unauthorised forest exploitation in Para
Imazon, (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment) has just released a Forest Management Transparency Bulletin for Para State assessing logging in the State.
According to this report, between August 2009 and July 2010, out of the 120,512 hectares of forest exploited in the State of Pará, around 65% (or 78,941 hectares) was not formally authorised by the Secretary of Environment. In terms of the area of illegal logging the report says the vast majority (84%) occurred on private, unoccupied land or in areas under dispute. A further 13% occurred in areas designated as agrarian reform settlements and 3% in Protected Areas.
Comparing the period August 2008 to July 2009 and August 2009 to July 2010, there was a 16% reduction in the unauthorised exploitation.
The study also made an assessment of the consistency of information on management plans in the Forest Harvesting Permits (Autefs) and timber exploitation credits authorised and issued by Sema from August 2009 to July 2010. The Imazon report shows that about 90% of the Forest Harvesting Permits (Autefs) were in conformity with the law.
Only 10% contained inconsistencies, for example logging authorized for an area larger than the management area; permits in degraded or cleared areas; permits in areas already being harvested and traded credits higher than those allowed by the authority.
Training for wood-processing industry in Mato Grosso
The Wood Producer and Exporter Center of Mato Grosso (Cipem) is developing a wood industry training programme in partnership with the Social Service for Industry (Sesi) and the National Service of Industrial Learning (Senai).
The main focus of this programme is to improve the skills of timber industry workers. The project will deliver training for up to 2,000 professionals in the Sinop timber cluster, in Northern Mato Grosso.
In Sinop, there are more than 200 companies affiliated with the Wood Industries Union of Northern Mato Grosso.
| Brazilian logs, mill yard, domestic | US$ per m3 | ||
| Ipê | 178 | ||
| Jatoba | 131 | ||
| Guariuba | 87 | ||
| Mescla (white virola) | 95 | ||
Brazil Sawnwood Prices
| Sawnwood, Belem/Paranagua Ports, FOB | US$ per m3 | ||
| Jatoba Green (dressed) | 945 | ||
| Cambara KD | 554 | ||
| Asian Market (green) Guariuba | 298 | ||
|
Angelim pedra
|
692 | ||
|
Mandioqueira
|
260 | ||
| Pine (AD) | 216 | ||
| Brazil sawnwood, domestic (Green) |
US$
per m3
|
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| Northern Mills
(ex-mill) Ipe |
903 | ||
|
Jatoba
|
682 | ||
| Southern Mills
(ex-mill) Eucalyptus (AD) |
230 | ||
|
Pine (KD) 1st grade
|
276 | ||
Brazil Veneer Prices
| Veneer, FOB (Belem/Paranagua Ports) | US$ per m3 | ||
| White Virola Face 2.5 mm | 305 | ||
| Pine Veneer (C/D) |
216 | ||
| Rotary cut
Veneer, domestic |
US$ per m3 | ||
| (ex-mill Northern Mill) |
Face
Core |
||
| White Virola |
305 252 | ||
Brazil Plywood Prices
| Plywood,
FOB |
US$ per m3 | ||
| White Virola (US Market) | |||
|
5.2 mm OV2 (MR)
|
455 | ||
|
15 mm BB/CC (MR)
|
401 | ||
| White Virola (Caribbean Market) |
|
||
|
4mm BB/CC (MR)
|
554 | ||
|
12mm BB/CC
|
426 | ||
| Pine
Plywood EU market, FOB |
US$ per m3 | ||
| 9mm C/CC (WBP) |
307 | ||
| 15mm C/CC (WBP) |
288 | ||
| 18mm C/CC (WBP) |
323 | ||
| Plywood,
domestic (ex-mill
Southern mill) |
US$ per m3 | ||
| Grade MR
(B/BB) White
Virola 4mm |
1052 | ||
|
White
Virola 15mm
|
767 | ||
| Domestic prices include taxes and may be sbject to discounts. | |||
Other Brazil Panel Prices
| Belem/Paranagua Ports, FOB | US$ per m3 | ||
| Blackboard Pine 18mm 5 ply (B/C) | 316 | ||
| Domestic
Prices, Ex-mill, Southern Region |
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| Blackboard White Virola faced 15mm |
659 | ||
| Particleboard 15mm |
442 | ||
Brazil Added Value Products
| FOB Belem/Paranagua Ports | US$ per m3 | ||
| Edge Glued Pine Panel | |||
|
Korean
market
(1st
grade)
|
674 | ||
|
US Market
|
522 | ||
| Decking
Boards Cambara |
675 | ||
|
Ipê
|
1,822 | ||