Canadian imports of tropical sawnwood were worth $2.18 million in May, up 12% from April. Year-to-date imports increased 5% from May 2016, as ITTO reported.
The import growth was almost entirely in sapelli sawnwood. While US imports of sapelli were down, Canadian sapelli imports more than doubled from April to $783,259. Cameroon was the main source of sapelli imports at $675,939. The remainder of the sapelli came to Canada via the US.
The second-largest import was virola, imbuia and balsa combined, imported mainly from the US and a smaller share from Brazil. No balsa sawnwood was imported directly from Ecuador in May.
Canadian mahogany imports increased significantly in May to $145,435. The mahogany sawnwood came from Mexico, Brazil and Cameroon.
