His father died when he was six years old, and the family moved to Fredrikstad, an important port for timber export.
However, the Russian timber export was highest in China.
Illegal logging was among highest in the world in 2007, estimated as ca 70-90% of all timber export.
Not only cocoa production but even diamonds and timber exports had dropped dramatically.
The economic opportunity for developing regions is driven by timber export and demand for charcoal.
Logging for timber export is selective, since only a few species, such as mahogany, have commercial value and are harvested.
As prices for coffee, cocoa and oil have fallen, timber exports have soared.
Thai military leaders are widely believed to profit personally from the timber exports, sometimes as secret partners in the logging companies.
It is a result of a record amount of timber export.
From 1929 to 1931 he headed a shipping company based in London, working with Russian timber exports.