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okoume

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gaboon, okoume

A wood resembling African mahogany but softer and lighter in weight.
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Greenply Gabon will also exhibit their Okoume face veneers with thickness ranging from 0.2 mm and upwards.
Most of the production (mainly Okoume) goes to exports, and only 3% is processed locally.
The control panel was seven-ply plywood made of okoume (Aucoumea klaineana) with a symmetrical structure.
Gucci Rush for men, pounds 29, has "rich raw materials" like incense, fresh wood, okoume and musk.
Immense Sapelli and Okoume trees tower over the forest floor, and small antelopes called duikers plunge through the undergrowth while the calls of bonobos and sooty mangabeys sound from the leafy canopy.
Tea and coffee marketers generally use either okoume or mahogany.
Behind the immaculate glazed skin is a shifting mosaic of okoume veneered panels.
Softwood (okoume) is also an important export, as are its mined products, uranium and manganese.
This year, we expect more exhibitors as Gabon is an ideal source of top-quality timber, especially okoume of which 90% of the world's exports come from Gabon.
Oriented strandboard (OSB), okoume (Aucoumea klaineana) plywood (PLY) and medium density fiberboard (MDF) were used as wood composites.
has launched Black Radiance Perfect 10 Nail Colors with nylon and okoume for protection.
The EU decided to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of okoume plywood from China.
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