Table 22.—Brazil’s broadleaf log and lumber exports, by 
species, 1957-61 average 
Logs and lumber 
Species Logs | Lumber 
| Quan- | Propor- 
lity tion of 
| total 
M bd. ft. Mbd ft. | Mbd.ft.| Percent 
GedroN coms scsi 4. 730 84 | 4,814 28. 2 
( rrd ©) eV Eee teens © icteas 71 | 3,843 | 3,914. | 23.0 
AnGiroba se se oe 880 | 198 1, 078 6.3 
Wacarandaig. ssa: 869 | 55 924 5. 4 
Sneupicage =e eee 694. | 98 792 1.7 
oe he ee a 273 | 485 758 | 1.5 
Macacatiba.’......... 695 21 716 | 1. 2 
Ter aco eae a } 508 | 90 | 598 3.5 
Mahogany...........| 262 | 254. | 516 3.0 
Dero teste ke tictal oC S20K 62| 382 2.3 
Wentbanies snc .c0. Ait 336 12 348 Dil 
Macaranduba....... 62 265 327 1.9 
Quaruba....... 177 Ul 184. | Heal 
Other she Seca 1, 108 553 1. 661 9.8 
Motalsse 2c 1 elOV9S5 Is 6x02 70 edi. O12 100. 0 
1335 M bd. ft. of logs exported in 1957. 
of imbuia logs has been prohibited. 
Since 1957 export 
broadleaf timber exports (table 22). Some northern 
States. wishing to add value to their product, 
forbid export of raw logs. Brazil exports annually 
only about | percent of its broadleaf log production 
and about 0.5 percent of its broadleaf lumber 
production. 
Small quantities of other wood products were 
exported as follows: Plywood. almost all Parana pine 
mainly to European countries; veneer, 48 percent 
pine and 52 percent broadleaf on a weight basis 
during 1957-61, to Uruguay, European countries, 
and the United States: wood manufactures consisting 
of flooring, broom handles. cooperage. and box 
shooks, three-fourths by value to the United States: 
and fiberboard, which is all insulation board, mostly 
to Argentina and the United States. 
Most wood products exports traveled by sea, 
originated in the South Region, and were made from 
Parana pine (table 23). 
exports by volume went to Argentina and Uruguay 
by river or rail. Nearly 97 percent of the exports 
were shipped from the South Region, and more 
broadleaf products came from this region than from 
the other regions combined. The seaports of 
Itajai, Porto Alegre, Sao Francisco do Sul, and 
Paranagua handled 67 percent of wood exports: the 
About 23 percent of wood 
river port Foz do Iguagu, 9 percent: and the rail 
ports Barra do Quarai and Livramento, 10 percent. 
All these ports are in the South. Most of the broad- 
leaf timber exports from the Amazon area are 
shipped from Belém, the major port in the North 
Region. 
Nonwood forest products exports accounted for 
47.7 percent of the value of all forest products ex- 
ported during 1957-61, the most important being 
palm waxes, Brazil nuts, and maté (table 21). Palm 
waxes, 95 percent carnauba and 5 percent licuri 
(ouricuri), have a worldwide market; most of the 
wax exports. however. went to the United States (63 
percent) and Europe. Four-fifths of the Brazil nuts 
were shipped to the United States and the United 
Kingdom. Formerly Brazil exported cull Brazil nuts 
and babassu kernels for oil production, but such 
export ceased after 1957 and 1958, respectively. 
All but insignificant quantities of maté went to 
Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. 
Other nonwood forest products were exported as 
follows: Nearly all the gums and resins (sdrva, 52 
percent; macaranduba, 21: balata, 20; coquirana, 6; 
and copaiba, 1) went to the United States, the 
United Kingdom, and Peru. Europe took most of 
the raw pharmaceuticals, mainly jaborandi leaves 
(80 percent), jalap roots, and ipecac rhizomes and 
roots. Of the essential oils sassafras from Ocotea 
spp.- Which is used as a substitute for true sassafras 
oil, made up 75 percent: pau rosa or bois de rose oil 
accounted for 22 percent; and eucalyptus oil, 2 
Table 23.—Brazilian wood exports,' by region and primary 
mode of transport, 1957-61 average 
[In percent of total volume] 
Region and mode of | Parana | Broadleaf | Total 
transport | pine | species 
| 
North::sea ne face eel 0 DHT PASAT 
Hiastyseas.ttas may ce eee 0 .8 .8 
South: 
Seas: i oe eee Reh, 9 (6h i 
Rivers:3-4 02 eee 10.3 1) LSS 
Rall ees ce eee 10. 8 | Teil 11.9 
Potalese ke eee 93.3 | 3.2 96.5 
Brazil’, cea hc ea ee | 93.3 6.7 | 100.0 
1 Includes logs, lumber, plywood, veneer, and wood manu- 
factures. 
38 FOREST RESOURCE REPORT 16, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
