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There has been a noticeable halt in the declining prices of domestic logs and lumber in Japan during mid-May. The prices of laminated whitewood posts and laminated cedar posts, which are competitors to KD cedar posts, have reached their lowest point, leading to controlled inventory of imported lumber
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Ghana's export of wood products for the first three months of 2015 totalled 81,518 cu.m, some 48% more than for same period in 2014 and resulted in earnings of euro 43 million, almost double that in the first quarter 2014.
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A workshop organised by the Working Group on Forest Certification, established to support the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process, has been held in Accra...
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On the 15th July the inaugural meeting of the five-nation ECOWAS Steering Committee on the upgrading of the 1,030 km Abidjan-Lagos corridor road project met to begin work on the legal and institutional framework, the terms of reference for various studies and on finance and resource mobilisation.
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According to available data from the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) of the Forestry Commission, wood product exports from Ghana in the first six months of 2013 was...
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Revenue from Ghana’s non-traditional exports (NTEs) which does not include timber, cocoa beans and minerals fell around 4% in 2012 to US$2.3 billion.
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Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Alhaji Fuseini has said the country’s cooperation with the EU and others will continue until illegal logging and trade in illegally sourced and manufactured wood products is eliminated.
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Total plywood supply in April was 583,000 cbms, 18.0% more than April last year and 6.1% more than March, which is the largest in two years since May 2011.
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Of the total Euro 29.48 million in export earnings from wood products in the first quarter Europe emerged as the major destination accounting for 41% of the trade. Imports by countries in Asia accounted for 25%, and this was closely followed by imports by African countries at 23%.
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The Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission has begun a pilot project on artisan milling as part of measures aimed at curbing illegal chainsaw milling...
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