Angola exports 12,000 cubic meters of logs and plates every year

According to the Angolan Forestry Development Research Institute, approximately five years ago, Angola started exporting logs and timber plates. The current annual export volume has reached 12,000 cubic meters, mainly exported to European countries, followed by China, Japan and the United States.

Angola timber is mainly produced in the Cabinda, Zaire, Uige, Benguet, and Malanje provinces and the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Geology and Mines, and the artificial forest corridors dominated by eucalyptus trees belonging to the Benguela Railway Bureau. According to the Angola Forestry Law (LeiFlorestal), companies must be qualified for export operations in the provincial government of these places of origin before they can export timber.

Because forestry is a strategic industry in Anguo, and the protection of An’s economic development, employment, and forest resources is of great significance, the Anyang government encourages the export of finished wood and restricts the export of raw wood. On the other hand, it has formulated a set of measures to revitalize The measures of the forestry industry include the establishment of a simpler banking mechanism to support technologically competent enterprises in the wood processing industry.