May 05, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. In March 2010, Brazil's exports of timber products (except pulp and paper) showed impressive increase of almost 30% from the $197 million level in March 2009 to $255 million. The value is also 38% higher than in February 2010, ITTO reported. Pine sawnwood exports increased only slightly (around 1% in value) in March 2010 compared to the same month of 2009 staying around $13 million. However, in terms of volume, exports decreased 7% over the period. Exports of tropical sawnwood increased in terms of both volume and value, from 43,800 cubic metres in March 2009 to 50,800 cubic metres in March 2010, and from $21.3 million to $25.0 million, respectively over the same period. Such an evolvement corresponds to a 16% increase in volume and 17% in value. Pine plywood exports gained 32% in value in March 2010 compared to the same period of 2009, from $25 million to $33 million. However, the export volume dropped by 2% during the period, from 100,300 cubic metres to 98,200 cubic metres. Exports of tropical plywood increased from 8,300 cubic metres in March 2009 to 9,500 cubic metres in March 2010 up 14.5%. In value terms, the rise was 38%. As for wooden furniture, the export value rose from $45 million in March 2009 to $55 million in March 2010, a 22% increase in exports.