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Title
DEMAND AND PRICE MOVEMENTS FOR GHANA TIMBER DURING THE PERIOD 1964-1975 |
Full text
http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/601 |
Date
2009 |
Author(s)
AGGREY, ANTHONY EMMANUEL |
Abstract
II, 76p.:ill - The export of timber from Ghana (then Gold Coast) started in 1888 with mahogany as the main exportable species. The outbreak of the first World War (1914 - 1918) led the sudden decline in the timber export trade in Ghana. However, the situation improved after the War, only for it to decline again during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The events before and after the Second World War (1939 - 1945) led to a boom in the timber trade. While new species like wawa, ekki, croho and cedar were also exploited by loggers, sawn timber for local use became popular with the advent of pit sawyers and a few sawn mills. Between 1946 - 1965, over 282 million logs in Hoppus feet were exported from Ghana to Europe. Throughout these periods of the trade, there wasn't any systematic control of the prices. Prices were negotiated between the individual producer and his agent, either resident in Ghana or overseas. This bid resulted in price fluctuations among them. - KNUST Library |
Subject(s)
TIMBER MARKETING BOARD; PRICES, MAHOGANY; MILLERS, SPECIES, EXPORT; TREE HUNTERS, LOGGERS; Hoppus feet |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Thesis |
Identifier
930 |
Repository
Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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