Monday, December 2, 2013

Chinese Trade and Investment in the Mozambican Timber Industry

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia published in 2013 a study titled "Chinese Trade and Investment in the Mozambican Timber Industry: A Case Study from Cabo Delgado Province" by Sigrid-Marianella Stensrud Ekman, Huang Wenbin and Ercilio Langa. 

The international trade of Mozambican timber is mainly operated by Chinese companies, which export the timber to the Chinese market, virtually the only market for Mozambican timber.  A large share of the timber industry operates illegally.