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FREE REPORT ON KOSSO WOOD EXPORT BUSINESS

It’s now vividly clear that the Nigerian economy is now focusing agricultural commodities exportation which has not been given enough consideration for a very long time. The Nigerian economy has been majorly sustaining on OIL EXPORT which has capsize our currency from $1=N1 in those days, to $1=N500 nowadays. Right now, serious investors are shifting to NON-OIL COMMODITY EXPORT. There is a saying that “as time goes on, the world shift”. And “the only permanent thing is CHANGE”. Therefore, every good investor will move with the trend. The current trend is NON-OIL COMMODITY EXPORT/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY EXPORT. In this report, we we will be discussing a particular agricultural commodity popularly called “Kosso Wood”.
PROFILE

Botanical Name: Pterocarpus erinaceus

DESCRIPTION
The tree height varies from 12 to 15 m. The bark is stiff, blackish and scaly. The branches have long shoots which bend downwards. The first golden-yellow flowers appear in January when the tree is quite leafless. Fruit body is bristly, fruits orbicular, broadly winged. Leaves 10-15 foliolate. Branchlets not prickly; leaflets mostly oblong-elliptic, gradually and very shortly acuminate, 6-11 cm. long, 3-6 cm. broad. Light green fruits suborbicular, 4-7 cm diameter.
Uses
Wood and wood products: Kosso tree provides some of the finest wood from dry forests. The wood is a beautiful, rich rose-red or dark brown, mottled with dark streaks. It has a handsome, fine-grained appearance and is used for furniture (including stools and benches), decorative paneling, and parquet flooring. It is also used as construction wood and in carpentry for doors and window frames. It makes very good charcoal which is another exportable commodity.
Leaf fodder silvopastoral systems: Kosso tree provides high-quality leaf fodder with an average nutritive value in dry matter of 5.3 MJ kg-1 net energy, 16–19% crude protein, and 0.15% phosphorus. Pastoralists traditionally lopped wild trees in silvopastoral systems to feed their livestock during the dry season. Increasingly, this fodder is brought to urban and semi-urban markets for sale.
Other uses: Medicinal uses are many, including the use of leaves as a febrifuge, the bark for tooth and mouth troubles, and bark and resin as astringent for severe diarrhea and dysentery. The grated root is mixed with tobacco and smoked in a pipe as a cough remedy. The resin, kino, is used for dyeing cloth to produce a dark purple color.

MARKET INFORMATION
Kosso Wood is usually loaded in a 20 feet container and it can be sourced from different part of Nigeria. The international price value buyers place on this wood depends on the quality of the wood. In this business, quality is the key and the most important aspect of increasing profit. The total cost analysis (Logistics inclusive) of investing in a container ranges from N3m - N4.5m depending on the quality of the wood. While the Return on Investment ranges from N600, 000-N850, 000 depending on the quality of the wood like I mentioned earlier. Buyers request for this wood all over the world from countries like: India, Korea, United States, China e.t.c.  
Therefore, if you are interested in starting Kosso Wood Export Business, need mentoring on the business or interested in an export contract, you are free to contact us today. We are still running our online training programme on Kosso Wood Export business. Interested participants should contact us for more details.This training is also applicable for other woods like Apa and Tali.

For exporters interested in diversifying their investment to this commodity, we have buyers available with good terms and conditions. Also local suppliers of Kosso, Apa, Tali and other form of wood can join TOSFAT Concepts Supplier's Network if they are in need of local buyers.

To your success,

Gbeke Faith
Chief Consultant
TOSFAT Concepts
+2348038248222
+2348076000259 
business@tosfatconcepts.com.ng
tosfatconcepts@gmail.com
Website: www.tosfatconcepts.com.ng  

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