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LogRite
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Posted: Thu Jun 16th, 2005 12:02 am |
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| Besides some nice furniture made of teak, most of it I've been exposed to has been used on boats. Is there a large enough market in the marine industry to require a constant demand for the wood or would it be considered a niche?
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Lumberdude
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Posted: Thu Jun 16th, 2005 12:05 am |
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| The Plantation Teak is mostly young stock. Quality Teak (Marine use) will need to be 50+ years old, AT LEAST. It develops the natural oils and the darker colors that make Teak attractive to the Marine Industry.
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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Thu Jun 16th, 2005 12:09 am |
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The big market isn't marine, it is furniture in the European countries and also India. I think a great use for it will be decking, flooring and paneling.
I see pictures are required of the new casa in the finca!
Marine teak tends to be the older stuff - say 15+ years, but the younger stuff is moving very well for me right now.
I just sold 1,000 board feet of teak for flooring today in the local market - with much more pending.
We are into our planting season which is killer, once that is done, I think I will be ready to move a lot of lumber, with the help of a friend!
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LogRite
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Posted: Thu Jun 16th, 2005 12:10 am |
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| Is there going to be a harvestable supply of 50+ year-old teak available? How many more years before plantation grown trees are the only ones you'll be allowed to cut?
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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Sun Jun 19th, 2005 04:26 pm |
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Honestly, I suspect we are only about 10 years away from only having plantation teak left. India has been importing teak from Costa Rica for the last 3 years and at the rate of exploitation in Malaysia - I think they said only 10 years, and the rate is increasing.
There is some 50 year old teak in Costa Rica - and it is highly sought after.
The amount of older trees in Costa Rica is dropping - just like the rest of the world. That is one reason we are adopting a managed forest approach - we really want to see if we can grow the huge trees that are so valuable.
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LogRite
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Posted: Wed Jun 22nd, 2005 12:03 am |
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| In doing a little more internet research, it looks like Indonesia is exporting a lot of plantation teak already. I have yet to find any solid numbers via a google search. A lot of teak furniture makers show up though.
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