New report on trends in tropical wood sector finds huge change since 1990—and remarkable resilience

2024-10-18

18 October 2024: The tropical wood product sector has survived three major economic shocks —the Asian financial crisis, the global financial and economic crisis, and the Covid-19 pandemic—in the last three decades, and many tropical producer countries have emerged as value-added players in the export trade, according to a new ITTO report examining long-term trends in the sector.