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Timber Exports: Standards, splitting remain leading constraints
Published data indicates that over 86% Uganda’s plantations are privately owned and all downstream processing is owned by the private sector.
Uganda imports approximately 9,000 M3 of high value mahogany and other sawn timber according to WWF’s 2012 report
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Although Uganda is the East African region’s leader in timber plantations with an impressive 85,000 ha established since 2004, the country imports approximately 9,000 M3 of high-value mahogany and other