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appendix 2. production costs, market prices and profitability of csM
Csm statistics from articles in this issue of ETFRN News
country item production costs
(us$/m 3 )
asia
indonesia rough-sawn lumber:
meranti, bankirai,
kerouing
indonesia:
Tanimbar
archipelago
Csm timber: different
wood species
pnG portable sawmill
production
n/a
cost at formal
sawmill: 273/m 3
price, local market
(us$/m 3 )
127 (2002: port of
Jakarta)
profit
margin (%)
n/a 2.1
74–126 90–158 (2004) 18–20 2.3
n/a 148–740 (2009:
depending on species,
quality and value
added)
5–15 2.5
philippines Csm timber 47–131 20–56 2.6
south america and caribbean
bolivia Csm timber:
softwood, semi-hard
wood and hardwood
75–117 210–255 production
cost not
complete
Ecuador Csm timber n/a 74–112 (forest road),
160–240 in Quito
Caribbean
islands
(Dominica)
Csm timber 55.2 (excluding
transportation
costs)
suriname Csm timber 30–35 (felling and
transport)
africa
article
3.2
n/a 3.4
424 production
cost not
complete
Cameroon Csm timber: ayous 44.3 34 (per m 3 rwE)
(compared to 183.4
per m 3 rwE for the
export market)
Cameroon
(northern
trail)
Csm timber 70–200 (depending
on distance to
market)
3.7
n/a n/a 3.9
127–296 (depending
on season and
distance to market)
26 4.1
25–40 4.2
Gabon Csm timber 48.6 n/a 35 4.1
DrC Csm timber n/a 150–250 n/a 4.4
Ghana Csm timber n/a 105 (log price 2009);
Csm prices 12–74%
cheaper than formal
lumber
15–22 4.5;
4.6
liberia Csm timber n/a 152 (export price: 575) 27 4.8
nigeria Csm timber n/a n/a 36 4.9
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