The growing domestic demand for teak wood has prompted the Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC) to import the timber from Africa in a bid to reduce the pressure on teak forests back home. The corporation, mandated with trading of timber in the State, will import teak wood from Ivory Coast.
The first lot is expected to reach the State by August first week. This is for the first time that timber would be imported from overseas. The corporation has planned to import about 5,000 cubic meter teak wood on an annual basis. In the first consignment, about 400 cubic meter will be purchased from the African nation.
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