Item Timber Traders Timber end users
  Number % Number %
Price instability Frequency and Percentages
Transportation 6 13.04 4 9.75
Rise in Fuel price 14 30.43 13 31.70
Distance from source 4 8.70 8 19.51
Rise in price of Logs 13 28.26 11 26.82
Logging ban 9 19.57 5 12.19
Total sample 46 100.00 41 100.00
Source: Field Data (2012)
Table 11: Causes of price instability for sawnwood in Dar es Salaam.