Forest View

Lesser used Specieses for backing Woodbased Industries up Over 20 years later, Indonesia and Malaysia together have produced more than 50 percent of the world output of tropical timber. The next important producer , Brazil, outputs the tropical logs between 20 to more than 25 million cubic metres. Most of Logs produced are transformed within the countries themselves as raw material to primary industrial timber forest products ( sawnwood, veneer sheet, plywood ), and increasingly, semi- finish and finish product like moulding, blockboard, laminated blockboard and fancy board. Annual Review and Assessment of the World Tropical Timber Situation in 1998 by ITTO ( International Tropical Timber Organization): Tropical plywood is dominated by Indonesian, Malaysian, Japanese, and, to a much lesser extent, Brazilian producers, who together account for around 80 percent of all tropical plywood output. Expansion of logging operations supply raw material need into industries posed a significant th