Area of Origin of Myanmar (Burma) Teak Log influencing grading & quality

No	Area	Typical defects	Nature of Stripe	Sawing Yield %	Colour	Formation
1	Yamenthin	Not Promonent	V.Good	85	V.Good	Good
2	Pyinmana	Not Prominent	Good	60	V.Good	Good
3	Meikhtila	Heavy Suncracks	V.Good	95	V.Good	Fair
4	Pyay	Not Prominent	V.Good	90	V.Good	Good
5	Minbu	heavy Suncracks	V.Good	90	V.Good	Good
6	Pyin-Oo-Lwin	Not Prominent	V.Good	85	Medium	Good
7	Aunglan	Heavy Suncracks	V.Good	90	V.Good	Fair
8	Yaw	Not Prominent	V.Good	75	Good & Dull	Fair
9	Thayet	Heavy Suncracks	V.Good	80	V.Good	Fair
10	Zigon	Not Prominent	Good	50	Fair	Good
11	Kayah State	V.Heavy Suncracks	Good	80	Dull	Poor
12	N.Shan State	Not Prominent	V.Good	70	Good	Good
13	Lr.Chindwin	Not Prominent	Good	60	Good	Good
14	Shwebo	Pitch Pocket Black Spot	Thin	75	Good	V.Good
15	Mongmeik	Black Spot	Good	65	Good	V.Good
16	Pa-an	Not Prominent	Fair	60	Good	Good
17	N.Taung-Oo	Pitch Pocket	Poor	70	Good	Good
18	Kawkerik	Not Prominent	Poor	60	Good	Good
19	Myitkyina	Many Bee Holes Heavy Pitch Pocket Black Spot	V.Poor	10	Good	Good
20	W.Katha	Many Bee Holes	V.Poor	40	Good	Good
21	Bhamo	Many Bee Holes Many Pitch Pocket	V.Poor	10	Good	Good
22	E.Katha	Many Bee Holes Heavy Pitch Pocket Black Spot	Fair	65	Medium	V.Poor
23	Up.Chindwin	Many Bee Holes Heavy Pitch Pocket Black Pocket	Fair	35	V.Poor	Good
24	Myitha	Heavy Pitch Pocket Bee Holes Black Spot	Fair	40	V.Poor	Good
25	S.Toing-Oo	Pitch Pocket	Thin	50	Poor	Good
26	S.Shan State	Heavy Pitch Pocket Bee Holes Cracks	V.Good	95	Poor	Poor
27	S.Pegu	Bee Holes	Thin	50	Good	Good

Note - S=South, N=North,Up.=Upper and Lr.=Lower

The areas are classified as Good Area, Medium Good Area and Poor Area. Some characteristics variable on the different areas are mentioned in Table (4 ) as below:

Good Areas

Area	Colour	Stripe	Formation	Remark
Yamethin	Good	Little	Good	-
Pyinmana	Good	Little	Good	-
Meikhtila	Good	Many	Good	-
Pyi (Prome)	Good	Many	Good	-
Minbu	Good	Many	Good	-
Aung Lan	Good	Many	Good	-
Yaw	Good	Many	Good	Preferred in Hong Kong
Gantgaw	Good	Many	Good	- do -
Thayet	Good	Many	Good	- do -
Zigone	Good	Little	Good	Preferred in Japan

Medium Good Areas

Area	Colour	Stripe	Formation	Bee Hole	Remark
Mabein	Good	Medium	Good	-	-
N.Katha	Poor	Fair	Good	Fair	-
Shan	Good	Good	Good	-	Favor of HK & Japan
Chindwin	Good	Many	Good	-	Favor of HK
Shwebo	Good	Many	Good	-	Favor of HK
Myittha	Poor	Little	Good	-	Favor of Japan
Taung-Oo	Poor	Little	Good	-	Favor of Japan
Bago (Pegu)	Poor	Little	Good	-	Favor of Japan

Poor Areas

Area	Colour	Stripe	Formation	Bee Hole	Remark
Kayah	Poor	Many	Poor	-	-
Pa-an	Poor	Fair	Fair	-	-
N.Taung-Oo	Poor	Fair	Poor	-	-
Myitkyina	Poor	Many	Poor	-	-
Bhamaw	Poor	Poor	Fair	-	-
Kyankhin	Poor	Fair	Fair	-	-
U.Chindwin	Poor	Fair	Poor	-	-
Thibaw	Poor	Many	Poor	-	-

Note - N=Northern, S=South, U=Upper

Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) has specified the Defects Classification as follows:

Major Defects
Bee Holes, Green Band, Branch, Heart Hole, Doyo Hole, Pitch Pocket, Double Heart, Wavy, Bump, Twist, Culvature Diagonal Heart.

Minor Defects
Cup Shape, Ring Shape, Flute, Inbark, Sun Crack, Spongy, Pinknot, Black Spot, Elephant Skin, Triangle shape, Felling crack, Elliptical shape.

Additional Defects
Inbark hole, Star crack, Waving ring, Ring close, Deform Gallstore, Heart crack, Side hole, water stain, Flute mark, Color dark, Heart spongy, Pig eye, White spot, White band.

Area of origin