Now, more than 15,000 tonnes of Eucalyptus used to manufacture plywood have arrived at the Cochin Port in Kerala<\/a>, southwestern India, providing a much-needed lifeline for more than 400 plywood manufacturing plants operating in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wood Central understands that it is the first shipment from Brazil in over a decade, with Eucalyptus, silver oak, and diladubia by plywood manufacturing units to reduce production costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent years, Kerala has become a regional hub for plywood manufacturing<\/a>, with the Indian government looking to scale up production to meet the booming building and construction industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India has emerged as a global power in forest markets, <\/a>and according to the Indian Centre for Science and Environment<\/em><\/a>, the country’s annual demand for wood is 63 million cubic metres \u2013 30 million cubic metres for domestic production and 33 million cubic metres from imported sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once home to the world’s first scientific silvicultural plantation in 1840, the “Connolly Plantation” was up until the 1980s responsible for 10% of India’s total forest plantation. 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