Wood Product Manufacturing Business Guide
Get Solutions, Not Just Problems
We documented 18 challenges in Wood Product Manufacturing. Now get the actionable solutions — vendor recommendations, process fixes, and cost-saving strategies that actually work.
Skip the wait — get instant access
- All 18 documented pains
- Business solutions for each pain
- Where to find first clients
- Pricing & launch costs
All 18 Documented Cases
Multas por Comércio de Madeira Ilegal e Não Conformidade com Legality Requirements
Hard Evidence: ~R$ 28 million (US$ 8 million) in illegal timber exports detected in single 2015 Interpol Purple Notice operation. Lumber Liquidators (US importer) paid US$ 13 million penalty. EUDR fines: minimum 4% of annual turnover plus confiscation. For typical R$ 50M revenue manufacturer, this equals R$ 2M+ annual exposure.Brazil has banned export of logs, sawnwood, and firewood from natural forests since 2005. Companies exporting without proper documentation or with illegally sourced timber face severe penalties. Over 90% of Brazilian timber carries some form of illegality, and fraud through false forest management plans is common, particularly in Pará, Rondônia, and Mato Grosso states.
Multa por Madeira Ilegal e Não-Conformidade com Licenças Florestais
HARD: R$28 million (~USD 8 million) in illegal timber exports documented by Interpol in 2015 (Pará State). HARD: USD 13 million penalty paid by Lumber Liquidators (2016). LOGIC: EUDR penalties: minimum 4% of operator annual turnover + product confiscation + temporary import ban.Over 90% of timber produced in Brazil contains some form of illegality. Companies have been caught exporting illegal timber under falsified forest management plans. Penalties include loss of export privileges, product seizure, and criminal liability for executives.
Erros de Decisão em Seleção de Padrão de Corte por Falta de Dados de Rendimento
R$50,000–R$250,000/year per sawmill (loss value of 3–8% forgone lumber yield on annual 10,000 m³ processing at R$200–300/m³)Source [2] documents: 'The two-sided cant sawing pattern afforded a higher lumber yield than the cant sawing pattern.' Operators lacked ex-ante yield comparison data. Source [3] notes: 'Most sawmills do not adopt a cut pattern model. Instead, they entrust the cutting performance to the experience of the saw operator.' No decision support tool means operators cannot compare pattern options. Typical outcome: 5–15% lower yield than theoretical maximum (Sources [1], [2]).
Fraude em Autorização de Manejo Florestal e Lavagem de Madeira Ilegal
HARD: R$28 million in fraudulently obtained exports detected (Interpol 2016). LOGIC: Estimated 78-90% illegality rate suggests R$ billions in at-risk timber exports annually; seizure/penalty exposure equals product value + domestic turnover multipliers.Fraud includes theft of wood from conservation areas and indigenous reserves; use of slave labor; harvest of prohibited species; unauthorized harvest volumes; and falsified documentation. In Pará and Mato Grosso states, 78% and 58% respectively of logging was performed without authorization (2012 IMAZON data).