MTI LIMITED

is a company specialising in  Teak Lumber  particularly for the marine industry and has acquired an enviable reputation for supplying quality lumber. MTI is synonymous of high quality timber on a wide range of applications, making them the preferred choice for many of the top European yacht builders.
is the holding company for a group of companies located in Europe and Asia whose activities include manufacturing, trading and private equity investments.MTI Holding SA provides strategic, administrative and technical management to its subsidiaries. The core business of the group is saw-milling and trading. We market sawn lumber through a network of independent timber agents.

Luxury Teak Lumber

We supply the finest teak lumber to professional builders throughout Europe, North America and the Caribbean.  Our teak lumber is always of the highest grade and each order is hand-selected and twice-inspected before shipping.  We provide teak lumber in vertical grain, mixed grain, or flat grain; and our teak lumber can be provided rough, surfaced, edged, or precision-milled to your exact specification.We could supply teak cap and toe rails to your profile and pattern. Our teak selection process ensures each rail component for a single yacht is sourced from one tree (wherever possible) to provide the finest visual match and coordination.
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Market Report

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Teak sawmilling a sunset industry

An article highlighting the alarming decline of the sawmilling industry in Myanmar appeared in ‘Living Colour’- a monthly economic news magazine- this showed that Myanmar’s timber is, today, exported mainly in log form and not as processed products. After independence the industry was managed by the State and the then two sawmills converted 15,725 hoppus tons of logs. The number of teak sawmills had increased to 34 by 1968-69 and by 1983-84 teak sawmilling had reached a peak with some 335,000 hoppus tons being milled. Beginning in 2000, mill throughput declined with the lowest level (10,800 hoppus tons) being recorded in 2005.

Sino-Myanmar border trade

A vernacular weekly in Myanmar ‘7-Days News’ carried a story, quoting Global Witness, saying that the trade in illicit timber declined by 70% between 2005 and 2008. This was attributed to the efforts by the authorities in China and Myanmar. Analysts mentioned that the past undocumented trade in wood into China not only adversely affected the Myanmar wood industry, but also some major Thai sawmills. The result was that timber buyers were sourcing their sawn teak in China and the industry in Myanmar and Thailand were unable to compete with the cheaper teak products.

Indian demand

Exporters in Myanmar report that the Indian market can absorb a wide range of grade of teak logs, even the lower grades for its local consumption as well as for export. At present, say local analysts, it is only the India market that is active for teak.The trade is saying that that a full recovery in the teak market could be expected by mid-2010, but this is a very difficult situation to assess and predict. Teak used to be the darling export commodity for Myanmar during the past decade, but this is no longer so.

Shipments at virtual standstill as market moves sluggishly

Shipments are almost at a standstill since early this month, after MTE’s decision to stop shipping FOB for direct sales contracts following a highly publicized narcotics incident Only tender lots will be sold FOB, with the remaining goods being purchased Ex-Works (Mill/Depot/Factory). After the recent narcotics incident, all shipments continue to be checked thoroughly by the authorities before they are loaded on board ocean going vessels.Many experts are convinced that MTE had not been involved in the recently publicized drug incident.  Nevertheless, since MTE does not desire a repeat of such an incident, the decision to sell on an Ex-Works basis will remain unchanged until further notice. It is expected that such an approach would remove MTE’s liability for the contents of shipments from private buyers that might be involved in any future shipping incidents.  The market has been slow moving due to the current economic downturn and the new system of sales. Tender prices were generally up mainly because of the quantity and grades of logs sold.
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Teak yachts are the paragon of elegance and teak graces the decks of thousands of sailing vessels. Teak has been the mainstay of the boat building industry for serveral centuries.
The most teak characteristic is its resistance in all weather.Beside that, because it has special aroma, teak is frequently selected as the main material of deck of ship and cruiser.Teak wood is selected as the main material of ship decks, because it can fight against the weather than other wood.The other characteristic of the teak is the elastic and solid fiber.
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