Ghana’s wood product exports in the 1Q 2017 totalled 72,533 cubic metres compared to 92,314 cubic metres for the same period in 2016, a 21% decline. Export values in the 1Q 2017 were also down by around the same amount. The decline in exports was observed for all major wood products, as ITTO reported.
The main exports in the 1Q 2017 were air dried sawnwood, kiln dried sawnwood, plywood, billets and sliced veneer.
In the 1Q overland exports of plywood and sliced veneer were 4,547 cubic metres and 32 cubic metres, respectively. There were no exports of sawnwood to neighbouring countries in the 1Q. Primary products accounted for 6.5% of 1Q exports, secondary products accounted for the bulk of exports (at 90%) with the balance being tertiary product exports.
The main species exported included papao/apa, wawa, teak, ceiba and senya.
