Local news encouraged furniture exports to China in a big way. The Chinese furniture market potential is not trivial. China®s domestic furniture consumption has grown double-digit on a yearly basis and in 2010, the consumption was equivalent to the US domestic market. Malaysia®s furniture...

Le Cameroun est un important pays forestier d’Afrique avec environ 17 millions d’hectares de forêt tropicale humide. La production camerounaise de bois d’oeuvre en dehors de la filière classique de l’exportation vers l’Europe, l’Amérique et l’Asie, alimente le marché national,...

This work briefly presents the main features of the world tropical timber economy. It is intended as an aid to those who require a good and readily accessible overview of the economic context of tropical timber, covering production, consumption and trade in the principal products, and is based...