Bamboo markets, trends and opportunities by antoinette panton

World Bamboo Day East London 18 September 2012

Jolanda Jonkhart International Network of Bamboo and Rattan

15th Anniversary Year

International Network for Bamboo and Rattan INBAR is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Beijing, China. INBAR works with Governments, Industry partners, Development Partners, NGOs, Universities, etc. to support the development of the bamboo and rattan sectors. As of 2012, we have 38 member countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, The Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Venezuela and Vietnam.

Bamboo Markets, Trends and Opportunities

US$ Million

Total World Export values of bamboo products 300

250

200

2009

150

2010 2011

100

0 raw mats and baskets bamboo screens

plaits bamboo shaped bamboo bamboo bamboo bamboo bamboo bamboo plaited charcoal products plywood pulp paper and rattan and rattan shoots products articles seats furniture preserved

Bamboo Export value composition different sectors 2011 raw bamboo 4%

mats and screens 10%

bamboo shoots preserved 18% bamboo and rattan furniture 13%

baskets 16%

bamboo and rattan seats 8% bamboo paper articles bamboo pulp 1% 0% bamboo plywood 6%

shaped products 19%

plaits plaited products 4% bamboo charcoal 1%

Export and import of some main sectors (2011) Export of bamboo mats and screens: about 92% (app.129 M US$) from China: Of which most is going to: • USA 27 M US$ • EU-27 21.5 M US$ (16.5 M EURO) • Malaysia 17 M US $ • Japan 12 M US$)

Export of bamboo baskets: about 85% coming from China (200 M US$) Of which •EU – 27 •USA: •Japan:

most is going to: 60.5 M US$ (46.5 M EURO) 45 M US$ 27 M US$

Export and Import of some main sectors (2011) Export of Bamboo shaped products: 91% coming from China (app. 252 M US$) Of which most is going to: • USA 105 M US$ • EU -27: 33 M US$ (25.5 M EURO) •Australia: 32 M US$ •Canada: 21 M US$

Export of preserved bamboo shoots: 88% coming from China (app. 222 M US$) Mostly going to: •Japan 158 M US$ • EU-27 28.5 M US$ (22 M EURO) • USA: 13 M US$ • Korea: 10 M US$

Export and Import of some main sectors (2011) Export of Bamboo and Rattan furniture total value 177 M US$: Coming from: •Indonesia: 42% • China:28% •EU-27: 27% (13 M Euro export outside EU-27, 24 M Euro export within EU -27) Most of total export value is going to: •USA: 41 M US$ •EU – 27: 38 M EURO •Canada; 7 M US$ •Japan: 6 M US$

The utilization of different parts of bamboo 7

5-10%

Leaves

9 8

Twigs

Manure

Medicine

Fodder

Juice

Pigments

Beverages

Brooms Cloths Sticks (toothpicks, skewers)

2 6

Bamboo poles

30--40%

Scaffoldings Curtain, mat, carpet

Middle upper part

Woven articles Handicrafts

40-50%

Laminated furniture

Middle lower part flooring

Fiber boards

Top part

5-10%

Base part

Shoots

Sheaths

Handicrafts

Rhizome

Handicrafts

charcoal Vegetable

Charcoal Odds/leftover from processing

Pulp Lumber fuels

Preprocessing and efficiency A

DIRECT SUPPLY Early model Waste > 70%

DIRECT SUPPLY Pulp/ pressed Waste < 30%

PRE- PROCESSING Waste < 10% Farmers / Traders

Primary Processors

Charcoal

pulp Chopsticks

Chopsticks Panels SWB

Flooring Flooring

Blind Blinds

pressed

pulp

charcoal

Charcoal

Chopsticks

Panels

Flooring

Blinds

Manufacturers

Million US$

Total import values into the EU of bamboo products

90 80 70 60 50 2009 40

2010 2011

30 20 10 0 raw bamboo bamboo bamboo bamboo mats and plaits baskets bamboo shoots charcoal shaped plywood screens plaited products products

pulp

bamboo bamboo bamboo and paper and articles rattan rattan seats furniture

Import and Export of bamboo products South Africa Import into SA HS Codes 140110 Bamboo used for plaiting

Export from SA

2009

2010

2011

2009

2010

2011

$56,344

$62,698

$66,232

$6,057

$583,088

$631,026

$506,628

$9,848

$30,005

$51,966

$1,290,653

$1,377,932

$2,124,563

$73,085

$92,937

$130,581

$507,712

$510,541

$416,659

$21,412

$31,378

$2,750

$175,689

$62,011

$15,551

$490,893

$150,906

$352,545

$2,967,132

$4,306,757

$5,341,139

$380,184

$519,099

$501,583

$522,956

$801,825

$486,620

$3,481

$92,832

$248,219

$264

$29,473

$39,760

$80,481

$101,606

$115,962

$247,292

$3,398,151

$4,630,040

$4,158,356

$122,029

$62,887

$52,817

$1,122,708

$2,364,698

$1,870,713

$518,916

$513,975

$273,232

$48,968

$45,666

$63,779

$78,659

$47,150

$49,617

460121 Bamboo mats and screens 460211 Bamboo basketwork 460192 Bamboo plaits and plaited products 440210 Bamboo charcoal 440921 Bamboo shaped products 441210

Bamboo plywood

470630 Bamboo pulp 482361 Bamboo paper articles 940151 Bamboo and rattan seats 940381 Bamboo and rattan furniture 200591 Preserved bamboo shoot

Import and Export SA in 2011 of bamboo products Import into SA Bamboo and rattan furniture 12%

Export from SA

Bamboo and rattan furniture 14%

Bamboo baskets 14%

Bamboo baskets 7%

Bamboo charcoal 18% Bamboo paper articles 13%

Bamboo and rattan seats 28% Bamboo shaped products 35% Bamboo paper articles 1%

Bamboo plywood 3%

Bamboo plywood 13%

Bamboo shaped products 26%

Different products for different markets: opportunities?

Domestic Market

Regional Market

• • • • •

Baskets, handicrafts Furniture, household items Charcoal for braai, activated carbon for mining/ waste water treatment Laminated products (bamboo shaped; such as flooring) and pressed bamboo Pulp: for paper, energy pellets

• • • •

Household items Charcoal, activated carbon Furniture flooring

• • • International • Market •

Charcoal Energy pellets Furniture, flooring Plywood Pressed bamboo (reconstructed / strandwoven)

Charcoal and activated carbon Charcoal is used as a fuel, for barbecues (South Africa, EU, USA, Japan, Korea etc) and for filtration / purification to remove organic compounds from water and air. As activated carbon it can be used for waste water treatment, gold extraction etc.

World production of wood charcoal is increasing every year. -According to FAOstat: from 40.000 Kt. in 2000 to 47.000 Kt in 2009

Properties of Wood Charcoal and Bamboo Charcoal Bamboo Charcoal: sustainable â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; charcoal: avoid deforestation

Wood charcoal Good property of bamboo charcoal : Bamboo charcoal has higher specific surface area (150-600m2/g) compared to most wood charcoal (<30m2/g)

Bamboo charcoal

Total world export import value wood charcoal (2011) Total world export value 528 M US$ Argentina, $46 646 304 , 9%

, 0, 0% USA, $11 476 623 , 2%

rest, 82 776 703, 16%

, 0, 0% , 0, 0% Belgium, $42 520 219 , 8% , 0, 0%

, 0, 0%

China, $29 414 500 , 6% , 0, France, 0% $15 872 007 , 3% , 0, 0% Germany, , 0, $12 870 0%985 , 2%

Ukraine, $36 478 820 , 7% , 0, 0% , 0, 0%

Total world import value: 826 M US$

Poland, $60 002 515 , 11% Indonesia, $82 026 675 , 16%

China, $44 844 045 , 5% , 0, 0% Japan, $120 004 373 , 15%

rest, $264 539 846, 32%

, 0, 0% Norway, $22 788 516 , 3% , 0, 0% Rep. of Korea, $84 688 965 , 10%

India, $16 230 526 , 3% , 0, 0%

, 0, 0% Paraguay, $37 172 440 , 7% South Africa , 0, 0% , 0, 0% , 0, 0% $12,203,647 Mexico, $18 Malaysia, $23 2% 543 936 , 4% 121 956 , 4%

EU-27, $255 913 190, 31%

, 0, 0% USA, $32 955 572 , 4% , 0, 0%

Import into EU -27 of wood charcoal in 2011 Import Value (1000 EURO)

Import Qty (1000 kg)

EUR27

Argentina

32713.04

95030.6

Nigeria

24487.92

105631.9

Paraguay

30475.18

94874.8

South Africa

11613.02

19907

Ukraine

28124.64

80834.6

Total EXTRA-EUR27

199396.28

599440.6

From sub-Sahara Africa Benin Burkina Faso C么te d'Ivoire Ghana Kenya Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa

208.51 0.08 113.33 292.33 8.61 3.41 6632.78 77.58 24487.92 4.57 11613.02

1046 0 478.5 1190.4 30.1 10 15135.2 264.2 105631.9 9.9 19907

Total % of total

43442.14 21%

143703.2 23%

Activated carbon: market for bamboo? Import into SA of activated carbon $18 000 000 $16 000 000 $14 000 000 $12 000 000 $10 000 000 $8 000 000 $6 000 000 $4 000 000 $2 000 000 $0 2009

2010

2011

Activated carbon market in the world (2011)

Import: total value of 1376 M US$

Export: total value of 1264 M US$

EU-27, 12%

Japan, 14% rest, 21%

Japan, 6%

rest, 33% USA, 13%

Philippines, 4%

Sri Lanka, 6%

India, 6% Korea, 6%

China, 26% Russia, 3% EU, 18%

China, 5% Mexico, 3%

Australia, 1% Canada, 4%

USA, 19%

Strategic planning and successful businesess

Planning

Appropriate support

Viable businesses

•Strategy with all stakeholders •Resource inventory •Market study •Selection of appropriate products with appropriate species •Resource and harvest management

•Incentive policies •Financial incentives •Land use issues •Technology •Training and demonstration •Business clusters

•Right species for right products •Market focus: domestic and or export •Appropriate machines •Stay close to the resource •Avoid waste: use as much of culm as possible

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