Oct 28, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. During the first six months of fiscal 2012-13 a total of 186,500 cubic metres of teak logs and 690,250 cubic metres of hardwood logs were shipped from Myanmar. Shipment of teak logs in the same period fell by about 25% and shipments of hardwood logs were down by about 10% compared to the same period last year, ITTO repoted.

With only six months before the log export ban is expected to be introduced analysts say there are about 1 million tons of logs remain unshipped. Analysts point out that shipping all these logs before the ban will severely test available shipping capacity.