Jan 22, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. In the first nine months of 2014 Ghana exported a total of 249,846 cubic metres of timber and wood products worth Euro 98.50 million. This represented increases of 21% in volume and 7.8% in value compared to same period in 2013, ITTO reported.

Products for which increases were recorded included kiln and air dry sawnwood, poles and billets. A large volume of gmelina poles were exported to India.

The major markets for Ghana’s wood product exports in the first three quarters of 2014 were Asia/Far East 44%, Africa 26% with the balance going to Europe. Other markets included the US (5%), Middle East (3%) and Oceania.

The Average Unit Price for 2014 exports to the ECOWAS market was in the range of Euro 229-434 per cubic metre, up slightly on the Euro 223–392 per cubic metres in the same period in 2013. Exports to Niger were the lowest priced while export prices in the Togo and Gambia markets were the highest. The main export species included wawa, Mahogany, gmelina,teak, papao, koto, odum, ceiba, walnut, ofram.