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"Kerala's timber market sustained by imports." Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India). McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. 2008. HighBeam Research. 24 Sep. 2015 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
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Kozhikode (Kerala), Feb. 17 -- Kerala may be one of the greenest states in India with about 28 percent of its total area covered by forests but it is dependent on imports, especially from Southeast Asia, for timber.
The imported timber is popularly called Malaysian wood. But according to timber traders, it is mostly sourced from Myanmar.
With the construction business booming, wood is scarce in the state although 11,124 sq km of its 38,863 sq km area is forested. Tiber traders say the quantity of wood provided by the Kerala forest department is not sufficient to meet even 25 percent of the demand.
"The department mostly supplies teakwood. …
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