Brazil
Overview of timber sector of Brazil
Production and processing
main harvested species
Commonly harvested tropical species for industrial roundwood (ITTO, 2011), in terms of volume:- Maçaranduba (Manilkara huberi)
- Angelim (Dinizia excelsa)
- Cupiúba (Goupia glabra)
- Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril)
- Cedrinho (Erisma uncinatum)
- Amapa (Brosimum utile)
- Cumaru (Dipteryx odorata)
- Faveira (Parkia spp.)
- Garapa (Apuleia leiocarpa)
- Ipê-amarelo / Brazilian walnut (Handroanthus serratifolius; previously referred to as Tabebuia serratifolia)
- Ipê-roxo / Brazilian walnut (Handroanthus impetiginosus; previously referred to as Tabebuia impetiginosa)
- Cedro Vermelho / Cedar (Cedrela odorata). This species is listed on CITES Appendix III.
- Itaúba (Mezilaurus itauba)
- Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)
- Pines (Pinus spp.)
- Acacia (Acacia spp.)
- Teak (Tectona spp.)
- Parica (Schizolobium amazonicum)
- Rubber Wood (Hevea brasiliensis)
The key processing sites are principally located in Belém and Santarém in the state of Para.
Export
The main products Brazil exports are mouldings (softwood and hardwood), plywood, furniture, joinery, pulp and paper and sawn wood.
In the figure below we see that the main destination markets for Brazil are the USA, Mexico and Europe.
Logistics infrastructure
Brazil’s main ports for softwood lumber export are the southern ports of Paranaguá, São Francisco do Sul and Itajaí, while the main ports for hardwood lumber export are Belém, Belém Islands, Santarém and Vila do Conde in the northern part of the country, and Paranaguá in the south.
Data table
| Production (X 1000m3) |
Imports (X 1000m3) |
Domestic consumption (X 1000m3) |
Exports (X 1000m3) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| logs | 145.102 | 19 | 144.880 | 241 |
| Sawnwood | 11.330 | 16 | 8.712 | 2.634 |
| Veneer | 550 | 3 | 476 | 77 |
| Plywood | 2.564 | 4 | 548 | 2.021 |
ITTO (2019), data 2017