bamboo markets, trends and opportunities
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International Network for Bamboo and Rattan's (INBAR) Jolanda Jonkhart outlines issues such as total world export values, main sectors in import and export trade, utilisation of various bamboo parts and market opportunitiesTRANSCRIPT
15th Anniversary Year
World Bamboo Day East London 18 September 2012
Jolanda Jonkhart
International Network of Bamboo and Rattan
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
INBAR is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Beijing, China. INBAR works with Governments, Industry partners, Development Partners, NGOs, Universities, etc. to support the development of the bamboo and rattan sectors.
As of 2012, we have 38 member countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, The Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Bamboo Markets, Trends and Opportunities
Total World Export values of bamboo products
150
200
250
300U
S$
Mil
lio
n
2009
0
50
100
150
raw
bamboo
mats and
screens
baskets plaits
plaited
products
bamboo
charcoal
shaped
products
bamboo
plywood
bamboo
pulp
bamboo
paper
articles
bamboo
and rattan
seats
bamboo
and rattan
furniture
bamboo
shoots
preserved
2009
2010
2011
Bamboo Export value composition different sectors 2011
raw bamboo
4%
mats and screens
10%
basketsbamboo and
bamboo
shoots
preserved
18%
baskets
16%
plaits plaited
products
4%
bamboo charcoal
1%
shaped products
19%
bamboo plywood
6%
bamboo pulp
0%
bamboo paper
articles
1%
bamboo and
rattan seats
8%
bamboo and
rattan furniture
13%
Export and import of some main sectors (2011)
Export of bamboo mats and screens: about 92% (app.129 M US$) from China:
Of which most is going to:• USA 27 M US$• EU-27 21.5 M US$ (16.5 M EURO)• Malaysia 17 M US $• Japan 12 M US$)
Export of bamboo baskets: about 85% coming from China (200 M US$)
Of which most is going to:•EU – 27 60.5 M US$ (46.5 M EURO)•USA: 45 M US$•Japan: 27 M US$
Export and Import of some main sectors (2011)
Export of Bamboo shaped products: 91% coming from China (app. 252 M US$)
Of which most is going to:• USA 105 M US$ • EU -27: 33 M US$ (25.5 M EURO)•Australia: 32 M US$•Canada: 21 M US$
Export of preserved bamboo shoots: 88% coming from China (app. 222 M US$)
Mostly going to:•Japan 158 M US$• EU-27 28.5 M US$ (22 M EURO)• USA: 13 M US$• Korea: 10 M US$
Export and Import of some main sectors (2011)
Export of Bamboo and Rattan furniture total value 177 M US$:Coming from:•Indonesia: 42%• China:28% •EU-27: 27% (13 M Euro export outside EU-27, 24 M Euro export within EU -27)
Most of total export value is going to:
•USA: 41 M US$•USA: 41 M US$•EU – 27: 38 M EURO •Canada; 7 M US$•Japan: 6 M US$
Top part
Twigs
7
Curtain, mat, carpet
Brooms
Pulp
Charcoal
Fiber boards
Odds/leftoverfrom processing
Juice
2
7
8
9
Leaves
8
Manure
Pigments Beverages
Fodder
Medicine
Sticks (toothpicks, skewers)
Bamboo poles
9
Middle
6 30--40%
5-10%
Cloths
Scaffoldings
The utilization of different parts of bamboo
Rhizome
Sheaths
Base part
Middle lower part
Shoots
1
2
3
4
5
6
flooring
Vegetable
Handicrafts
Handicrafts
from processing
1
3
4
5
fuels
Laminated furniture
Middle upper part
charcoal
Woven articles
5-10%
40-50%
Lumber
Handicrafts
DIRECT SUPPLY
Early model
Waste > 70% Waste > 70% Waste > 70% Waste > 70%
PRE- PROCESSING
Waste < 10% Waste < 10% Waste < 10% Waste < 10%
Farmers /
Traders
DIRECT SUPPLYPulp/ pressed
Waste < 30% Waste < 30% Waste < 30% Waste < 30%
A B C
Preprocessing and efficiency
Manufacturers
Primary
Processors
Blinds
Flooring
Panels
Chopsticks
Charcoal
Blind
Flooring
Panels
Chopsticks
Charcoal
pulp
charcoal
pressed
Blinds
Flooring
SWB
Chopsticks
pulp
Total import values into the EU of bamboo products
50
60
70
80
90
Mil
lio
nU
S$
0
10
20
30
40
raw
bamboo
bamboo
shoots
bamboo
charcoal
bamboo
shaped
products
bamboo
plywood
mats and
screens
plaits
plaited
products
baskets pulp bamboo
paper
articles
bamboo
and
rattan
seats
bamboo
and
rattan
furniture
2009
2010
2011
Import into SA Export from SA
HS
Codes 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011140110 Bamboo used for
plaiting$56,344 $62,698 $66,232 0 0 $6,057
460121 Bamboo mats and
screens
$583,088 $631,026 $506,628 $9,848 $30,005 $51,966 460211 Bamboo
basketwork$1,290,653 $1,377,932 $2,124,563 $73,085 $92,937 $130,581
460192 Bamboo plaits and
plaited products
$507,712 $510,541 $416,659 $21,412 $31,378 $2,750
Import and Export of bamboo products South Africa
$507,712 $510,541 $416,659 $21,412 $31,378 $2,750 440210 Bamboo charcoal
$175,689 $62,011 $15,551 $490,893 $150,906 $352,545 440921 Bamboo shaped
products$2,967,132 $4,306,757 $5,341,139 $380,184 $519,099 $501,583
441210Bamboo plywood
$522,956 $801,825 $486,620 $3,481 $92,832 $248,219 470630 Bamboo pulp
0 0 $264 $0 $0 $0 482361 Bamboo paper
articles$29,473 $39,760 $80,481 $101,606 $115,962 $247,292
940151 Bamboo and rattan
seats$3,398,151 $4,630,040 $4,158,356 $122,029 $62,887 $52,817
940381 Bamboo and rattan
furniture$1,122,708 $2,364,698 $1,870,713 $518,916 $513,975 $273,232
200591 Preserved bamboo
shoot$48,968 $45,666 $63,779 $78,659 $47,150 $49,617
Bamboo
baskets
14%
Bamboo
and rattan
furniture
12%
Bamboo
baskets
7%
Bamboo
charcoal
18%
Bamboo
and rattan
furniture
14%
Import into SA Export from SA
Import and Export SA in 2011 of bamboo products
Bamboo
shaped
products
35%
Bamboo
plywood
3%
Bamboo
paper
articles
1%
Bamboo
and rattan
seats
28%
18%
Bamboo
shaped
products
26%
Bamboo
plywood
13%
Bamboo
paper
articles
13%
Domestic Market
• Baskets, handicrafts
• Furniture, household items
• Charcoal for braai, activated carbon for mining/ waste water treatment
• Laminated products (bamboo shaped; such as flooring) and pressed bamboo
• Pulp: for paper, energy pellets
• Household items
• Charcoal, activated carbon
Different products for different markets: opportunities?
Regional Market
• Charcoal, activated carbon
• Furniture
• flooring
International Market
• Charcoal
• Energy pellets
• Furniture, flooring
• Plywood
• Pressed bamboo (reconstructed / strandwoven)
Charcoal and activated carbon
Charcoal is used as a fuel, for barbecues (South Africa, EU, USA, Japan, Korea etc) and for filtration / purification to remove organic compounds from water and air. As activated carbon it can be used for waste water treatment, gold extraction etc.gold extraction etc.
World production of wood charcoal is increasing every year. -According to FAOstat: from 40.000 Kt. in 2000 to 47.000 Kt in 2009
Bamboo Charcoal: sustainable ‘green’ charcoal: avoid deforestation
Good property of bamboo charcoal : Bamboo charcoal has
Wood charcoal
Properties of Wood Charcoal and Bamboo Charcoal
charcoal : Bamboo charcoal has higher specific surface area (150-600m2/g) compared to most wood charcoal (<30m2/g)
Bamboo charcoal
Argentina, $46
646 304 , 9%, 0, 0%
Belgium, $42
520 219 , 8%
, 0, 0%
China, $29 414
500 , 6%
, 0, France,
$15 872
Ukraine,
$36 478
820 , 7%
, 0, 0%
USA, $11
476 623 ,
2%
, 0, 0%
rest, 82 776
703, 16%
Total world export import value wood charcoal (2011)
China, $44 844
045 , 5%, 0, 0%
Japan, $120
004 373 , 15%
, 0, 0%
Norway, $22
rest, $264 539
846, 32%
, 0, 0%
Total world import value: 826 M US$Total world export value 528 M US$
0% $15 872
007 , 3%
, 0, 0%
Germany,
$12 870
985 , 2%, 0,
0%
India, $16
230 526 , 3%
, 0, 0%
Indonesia, $82
026 675 , 16%
, 0, 0%
Malaysia, $23
121 956 , 4%
, 0, 0%Mexico, $18
543 936 , 4%
, 0, 0%
Paraguay, $37
172 440 , 7%
, 0, 0%
Poland, $60
002 515 , 11%
, 0, 0%
South Africa
$12,203,647
2%
, 0, 0%
820 , 7% Norway, $22
788 516 , 3%
, 0, 0%
Rep. of Korea,
$84 688 965 ,
10%
, 0, 0%
USA, $32 955
572 , 4%
, 0, 0%
EU-27, $255
913 190, 31%
Import Value
(1000 EURO)
Import Qty
(1000 kg)
EUR27 EUR27
Argentina 32713.04 95030.6
Nigeria 24487.92 105631.9
Paraguay 30475.18 94874.8
South Africa 11613.02 19907
Import into EU -27 of wood charcoal in 2011
Ukraine 28124.64 80834.6
Total EXTRA-EUR27 199396.28 599440.6Benin 208.51 1046
Burkina Faso 0.08 0
Côte d'Ivoire 113.33 478.5
Ghana 292.33 1190.4
Kenya 8.61 30.1
Mozambique 3.41 10
Namibia 6632.78 15135.2
Niger 77.58 264.2
Nigeria 24487.92 105631.9
Senegal 4.57 9.9
South Africa 11613.02 19907
Total 43442.14 143703.2
% of total 21% 23%
From sub-Sahara Africa
Activated carbon: market for bamboo?
$6 000 000
$8 000 000
$10 000 000
$12 000 000
$14 000 000
$16 000 000
$18 000 000
Import into SA of activated carbon
$0
$2 000 000
$4 000 000
2009 2010 2011
Activated carbon market in the world (2011)
Japan, 14%
USA, 13%
rest, 33%
Import: total value of 1376 M US$
EU-27, 12%
Japan, 6%
Philippines,
rest, 21%
Export: total value of 1264 M US$
Korea, 6%
Russia, 3%
Australia, 1%
Canada, 4%China,
5%
Mexico, 3%
EU, 18%
Sri Lanka, 6%
China, 26%
USA, 19%
India, 6%
Philippines,
4%
Strategic planning and successful businesess
Planning
•Strategy with all stakeholders
•Resource inventory
•Market study
•Selection of appropriate products with appropriate species
•Resource and harvest management
Planning
•Strategy with all stakeholders
•Resource inventory
•Market study
•Selection of appropriate products with appropriate species
•Resource and harvest management
Appropriate support
•Incentive policies
•Financial incentives
•Land use issues
•Technology
•Training and demonstration
•Business clusters
Appropriate support
•Incentive policies
•Financial incentives
•Land use issues
•Technology
•Training and demonstration
•Business clusters
Viable businesses
•Right species for right products
•Market focus: domestic and or export
•Appropriate machines
•Stay close to the resource
•Avoid waste: use as much of culm as possible
Viable businesses
•Right species for right products
•Market focus: domestic and or export
•Appropriate machines
•Stay close to the resource
•Avoid waste: use as much of culm as possible
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