During the first quarter of 2008, a total of 2,167 export permits were issued to cover the shipment of various timber and wood products through the ports of Takoradi and Tema and overland to neighboring countries. Total export permits for the quarter registered a marginal increase of 1.07% when compared to that in October to December 2007. Lumber, both kiln-dried and air-dried, continued to register the highest number of export permit applications, representing 43.65% of the total number of export permits issued during the period under review. By implication, the demand for this product was higher than for tertiary wood products like furniture parts, mouldings, floorings, dowels, broomsticks and profile boards.
In Takoradi, a permit was issued for the shipment of eleven (11) pieces of polished coconut carved shower stands, which were shipped to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Three permits were also issued to the Machined Wood Company Ltd for the shipment of okoume mouldings totaling 97.668 m³ and valued at EUR61,531 to Italy. These mouldings were made from okoume sawn timber, which were imported from Gabon.
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