15th Anniversary Year

World Bamboo Day East London 18 September 2012

Jolanda Jonkhart

International Network of Bamboo and Rattan

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

Total World Export values of bamboo products

150

200

250

300U

S$

Mil

lio

n

2009

0

50

100

150

raw

bamboo

mats and

screens

baskets plaits

plaited

products

bamboo

charcoal

shaped

products

bamboo

plywood

bamboo

pulp

bamboo

paper

articles

bamboo

and rattan

seats

bamboo

and rattan

furniture

bamboo

shoots

preserved

2009

2010

2011

Bamboo Export value composition different sectors 2011

raw bamboo

4%

mats and screens

10%

basketsbamboo and

bamboo

shoots

preserved

18%

baskets

16%

plaits plaited

products

4%

bamboo charcoal

1%

shaped products

19%

bamboo plywood

6%

bamboo pulp

0%

bamboo paper

articles

1%

bamboo and

rattan seats

8%

bamboo and

rattan furniture

13%

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 most is going to:•EU – 27 60.5 M US$ (46.5 M EURO)•USA: 45 M US$•Japan: 27 M US$

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$•USA: 41 M US$•EU – 27: 38 M EURO •Canada; 7 M US$•Japan: 6 M US$

Top part

Twigs

7

Curtain, mat, carpet

Brooms

Pulp

Charcoal

Fiber boards

Odds/leftoverfrom processing

Juice

2

7

8

9

Leaves

8

Manure

Pigments Beverages

Fodder

Medicine

Sticks (toothpicks, skewers)

Bamboo poles

9

Middle

6 30--40%

5-10%

Cloths

Scaffoldings

The utilization of different parts of bamboo

Rhizome

Sheaths

Base part

Middle lower part

Shoots

1

2

3

4

5

6

flooring

Vegetable

Handicrafts

Handicrafts

from processing

1

3

4

5

fuels

Laminated furniture

Middle upper part

charcoal

Woven articles

5-10%

40-50%

Lumber

Handicrafts

DIRECT SUPPLY

Early model

Waste > 70% Waste > 70% Waste > 70% Waste > 70%

PRE- PROCESSING

Waste < 10% Waste < 10% Waste < 10% Waste < 10%

Farmers /

Traders

DIRECT SUPPLYPulp/ pressed

Waste < 30% Waste < 30% Waste < 30% Waste < 30%

A B C

Preprocessing and efficiency

Manufacturers

Primary

Processors

Blinds

Flooring

Panels

Chopsticks

Charcoal

Blind

Flooring

Panels

Chopsticks

Charcoal

pulp

charcoal

pressed

Blinds

Flooring

SWB

Chopsticks

pulp

Total import values into the EU of bamboo products

50

60

70

80

90

Mil

lio

nU

S$

0

10

20

30

40

raw

bamboo

bamboo

shoots

bamboo

charcoal

bamboo

shaped

products

bamboo

plywood

mats and

screens

plaits

plaited

products

baskets pulp bamboo

paper

articles

bamboo

and

rattan

seats

bamboo

and

rattan

furniture

2009

2010

2011

Import into SA Export from SA

HS

Codes 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011140110 Bamboo used for

plaiting$56,344 $62,698 $66,232 0 0 $6,057

460121 Bamboo mats and

screens

$583,088 $631,026 $506,628 $9,848 $30,005 $51,966 460211 Bamboo

basketwork$1,290,653 $1,377,932 $2,124,563 $73,085 $92,937 $130,581

460192 Bamboo plaits and

plaited products

$507,712 $510,541 $416,659 $21,412 $31,378 $2,750

Import and Export of bamboo products South Africa

$507,712 $510,541 $416,659 $21,412 $31,378 $2,750 440210 Bamboo charcoal

$175,689 $62,011 $15,551 $490,893 $150,906 $352,545 440921 Bamboo shaped

products$2,967,132 $4,306,757 $5,341,139 $380,184 $519,099 $501,583

441210Bamboo plywood

$522,956 $801,825 $486,620 $3,481 $92,832 $248,219 470630 Bamboo pulp

0 0 $264 $0 $0 $0 482361 Bamboo paper

articles$29,473 $39,760 $80,481 $101,606 $115,962 $247,292

940151 Bamboo and rattan

seats$3,398,151 $4,630,040 $4,158,356 $122,029 $62,887 $52,817

940381 Bamboo and rattan

furniture$1,122,708 $2,364,698 $1,870,713 $518,916 $513,975 $273,232

200591 Preserved bamboo

shoot$48,968 $45,666 $63,779 $78,659 $47,150 $49,617

Bamboo

baskets

14%

Bamboo

and rattan

furniture

12%

Bamboo

baskets

7%

Bamboo

charcoal

18%

Bamboo

and rattan

furniture

14%

Import into SA Export from SA

Import and Export SA in 2011 of bamboo products

Bamboo

shaped

products

35%

Bamboo

plywood

3%

Bamboo

paper

articles

1%

Bamboo

and rattan

seats

28%

18%

Bamboo

shaped

products

26%

Bamboo

plywood

13%

Bamboo

paper

articles

13%

Domestic 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

Different products for different markets: opportunities?

Regional Market

• 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.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

Bamboo Charcoal: sustainable ‘green’ charcoal: avoid deforestation

Good property of bamboo charcoal : Bamboo charcoal has

Wood charcoal

Properties of Wood Charcoal and Bamboo Charcoal

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

Bamboo charcoal

Argentina, $46

646 304 , 9%, 0, 0%

Belgium, $42

520 219 , 8%

, 0, 0%

China, $29 414

500 , 6%

, 0, France,

$15 872

Ukraine,

$36 478

820 , 7%

, 0, 0%

USA, $11

476 623 ,

2%

, 0, 0%

rest, 82 776

703, 16%

Total world export import value wood charcoal (2011)

China, $44 844

045 , 5%, 0, 0%

Japan, $120

004 373 , 15%

, 0, 0%

Norway, $22

rest, $264 539

846, 32%

, 0, 0%

Total world import value: 826 M US$Total world export value 528 M US$

0% $15 872

007 , 3%

, 0, 0%

Germany,

$12 870

985 , 2%, 0,

0%

India, $16

230 526 , 3%

, 0, 0%

Indonesia, $82

026 675 , 16%

, 0, 0%

Malaysia, $23

121 956 , 4%

, 0, 0%Mexico, $18

543 936 , 4%

, 0, 0%

Paraguay, $37

172 440 , 7%

, 0, 0%

Poland, $60

002 515 , 11%

, 0, 0%

South Africa

$12,203,647

2%

, 0, 0%

820 , 7% Norway, $22

788 516 , 3%

, 0, 0%

Rep. of Korea,

$84 688 965 ,

10%

, 0, 0%

USA, $32 955

572 , 4%

, 0, 0%

EU-27, $255

913 190, 31%

Import Value

(1000 EURO)

Import Qty

(1000 kg)

EUR27 EUR27

Argentina 32713.04 95030.6

Nigeria 24487.92 105631.9

Paraguay 30475.18 94874.8

South Africa 11613.02 19907

Import into EU -27 of wood charcoal in 2011

Ukraine 28124.64 80834.6

Total EXTRA-EUR27 199396.28 599440.6Benin 208.51 1046

Burkina Faso 0.08 0

Côte d'Ivoire 113.33 478.5

Ghana 292.33 1190.4

Kenya 8.61 30.1

Mozambique 3.41 10

Namibia 6632.78 15135.2

Niger 77.58 264.2

Nigeria 24487.92 105631.9

Senegal 4.57 9.9

South Africa 11613.02 19907

Total 43442.14 143703.2

% of total 21% 23%

From sub-Sahara Africa

Activated carbon: market for bamboo?

$6 000 000

$8 000 000

$10 000 000

$12 000 000

$14 000 000

$16 000 000

$18 000 000

Import into SA of activated carbon

$0

$2 000 000

$4 000 000

2009 2010 2011

Activated carbon market in the world (2011)

Japan, 14%

USA, 13%

rest, 33%

Import: total value of 1376 M US$

EU-27, 12%

Japan, 6%

Philippines,

rest, 21%

Export: total value of 1264 M US$

Korea, 6%

Russia, 3%

Australia, 1%

Canada, 4%China,

5%

Mexico, 3%

EU, 18%

Sri Lanka, 6%

China, 26%

USA, 19%

India, 6%

Philippines,

4%

Strategic planning and successful businesess

Planning

•Strategy with all stakeholders

•Resource inventory

•Market study

•Selection of appropriate products with appropriate species

•Resource and harvest management

Planning

•Strategy with all stakeholders

•Resource inventory

•Market study

•Selection of appropriate products with appropriate species

•Resource and harvest management

Appropriate support

•Incentive policies

•Financial incentives

•Land use issues

•Technology

•Training and demonstration

•Business clusters

Appropriate support

•Incentive policies

•Financial incentives

•Land use issues

•Technology

•Training and demonstration

•Business clusters

Viable businesses

•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

Viable businesses

•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

Thank you for your attention