Tracking the price of charcoal within a country or region can provide valuable insight for researchers and entrepreneurs.
Such information could help inform the pricing of briquettes, the relative cost of biomass in a region, and much more.
In a few days we will post a section on our website’s homepage where you can track the values of charcoal from reporting countries. The information will be plotted using Google Earth and will also be available in a tabular format.
But in order to do that, we need your help!
Please send us an email with the following information:
1. Location, Country, Date. Multiple locations within a country or region are encouraged.
2. Unit of measure (wt. or volume). We’ll do the conversion on this end.
3. Cost in local currency
4. Optional information: cost of competing biomass fuel. For example, woodfuel or briquettes. And, if at all possible, cost of LPG, kerosene, or whatever the next superior fuel option available locally by volume or weight.
Here’s an example from my native Nicaragua:
1. Location, Country: Granada, Nicaragua
2. Unit of Measure: “Quintal” bag (I think this is roughly 1 bushel (bu) = 2150.42 cu in = 4 pk ≈ 30.283 L)
3. Cost in local currency: C$ 10 Cordobas
4. Not available
Thank you for helping us build this new public feature!
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Thank you very much for your quick response to our call for information and your comments!
Data has already come in from S.Africa (2 locations), India, Dakar, Madagascar, Brazil, Italy, Zanzibar.
I would like to invite you to forward this request for data contribution to any additional networks you may belong to.
We’ll do currency and unit conversions on this end.
As a reminder the parameters we are requesting are the following:
Country:
Location:
Cost (local currency):
Unit measure (local):
Date:
Optional information if available:
Alternative fuel type:
Cost (local):
Unit measure (local):
Source (of information):
Source of charcoal: (plant, tree, tree type, location)
Source of briquettes: (saw dust, coconut husk, etc.)
We’re working on the right software that will best help us manage the data, which will be available to the public, naturally.
Info can be sent to me directly or to index[at]charcoalproject.org
Again, thanks for the collaboration!
Kim & Nina
i am an exporter of charcoal living in ibadan, Nigeria, i have found the details on your website very useful, keep up the good work, cheers.
Hello Jean Kim — This is Harry from Project Gaia. Would you send us some pricing data on charcoal fuels in Africa? We would be much obliged.
Am in houston tx, I will like to know the pricing of chacoal made from wood. coming from Africa per lb
Thanks.
Hi there. As far as we know there is no charcoal being imported to the US from Africa. Our understanding is that the bulk of exports from West Africa goes to North Africa, Europe. Much of the charcoal exported to the Arabian peninsula appears to come from the Horn of Africa, possibly as far south as Tanzania.
Rgds,
— The Charcoal Project Web Team
I am working on a thesis related to charcoal industry, would interested to understand the movement of price for charcoal – globally. Thanks.
Pls. Can u tell me what the amount needed to export a 40ft container of about 23tons of charcoal and the profit is likely to make. From Nigeria.
1. Location, Country: Republic of Tanzania
2. Unit of Measure: “kiroba” bag (I think this is roughly 1 bushel (bu) = 2150.42 cu in = 4 pk ≈ 30.283 L)
3. Cost in local currency: Approximatelly TSh 40,000/ 50kg bag
4. Not available
Dear Kim,
I am an exporter of hardwood charcoal from Benin republic,made from local kiln largely in the northern part of the country.
Our current price of charcoal
(bulk delivery) is between 190 to 195 Euro per ton (FOB Cotonou port). Smaller
packs in paper and carton cost between 230 to 240 Euro per ton also FOB
Cotonou port.
Thank you for contributing your information to our index!