The Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation – ZAFFICO has been given the mandate to resume the trade in the famous Mukula logs.
In a statement seen by the Zambian Business Times – ZBT, ZAFFICO has announced the commencement of of the purchase of legally harvested Mukula logs country wide.
The company had since started inviting concession license holders and holders of felling permits to engage the company and agree modalities.
ZAFFICO has further extended the invitation to companies and individuals seeking to sell Mukula logs to ZAFFICO to submit certified documents from the forestry department.
Public relations manager Irene Chipili further revealed that government has given ZAFFICO the mandate to sell the Mukula logs to entities engaged in value addition to Mukula logs as well as export to international markets.
The trade in Mukula had been suspended after the trade attracted all sorts of interest within and outside Zambia. Mukula is a type of rosewood which is currently highly sort after.
China and Vietnam, the two sighted to be the countries that account for the vast majority of imports in rosewood products from Africa.
The trade in rosewood between Africa and Asia has concentrated on a few species. The scientific name is Pterocapus tinctorius, locally known in Zambia as “mukula”.
