Behavior of the world sawn wood market of non-coniferous tropical species between 1990 and 2018

Resumen

For the knowledge of the dynamics of the world timber market, it is necessary to monitor and understand its trends. Given the above, the objective was to evaluate the behavior of Brazil in the world market for sawn wood non-coniferous tropical and to analyze the trends of production, export, and import of the most expressive countries in this market. The data studied were made available by the International Tropical Timber Organization. The growth geometric rate in m³ and dollars was calculated for the analysis of the behavior of the production, export, and import of sawn wood. In all the countries studied, there was a tendency to reduce the production of sawn wood. Brazil, Malaysia, and Indonesia showed a fall in sawn timber exports. Sawn wood has appreciated on the world market, due to the increase in the value of wood about the volume exported. China is the country that most imports sawn wood with a constant growth trend, in addition to having the highest value of wood among the other countries studied. The preservation of the environment, the economic slowdown, and the replacement of wood by equivalent products are the main factors responsible for the drop in world production.