Wholesale Bamboo Poles For Export

Guadua Bamboo exports bamboo poles in bulk to the US, duty free. Thanks to the CAFTA Free Trade Agreement, American bamboo manufacturers no longer have to turn to Asian sources. Not only is importing bamboo from Central America tax free, advantages such as reduced shipping time and cost add to significant overall savings. Compared to the Moso Bamboo from Asia, Guadua Angustifolia also stands out for it's extraordinary physical and structural properties.

Buy Bamboo Poles In Bulk For Extra Savings

Below we have listed our wholesale bamboo poles price list. We offer additional discounts when you chose to buy bamboo poles in bulk from Guadua Bamboo. Discounts apply for minimum orders of a 40ft container load. Contact us if you are interested in purchasing Guadua poles from Central America.

Diameter:	Price / meter
2"- 3"	$ 2.35
3"- 4"	$ 2.50
4"- 5"	$ 2.65
5"- 6"	$ 2.80
6"- 7"	$ 2.95

* Prices are FOB (Managua, Nicaragua)

 

Guadua Bamboo Poles Certified Quality (Grade A)

Guadua Bamboo is European owned and operated bamboo pole supplier with offices in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica and Managua, Nicaragua. We produce wholesale bamboo poles for construction, furniture and industrial processing.

In order to produce and export Grade A quality poles, a strict policy has to be maintained. Selecting, harvesting, curing, drying and storing the bamboo, all play a crucial role.

 

Harvesting Bamboo

Harvesting takes place after 4 to 6 years from our plantations in Nicaragua, harvest maturity is recognized by the lichens on the culms. Bamboo culms less the 3 years tend to have higher starch content. In addition, the process of lignification is not complete, and they will be less strong and usually collapse on drying.

The mature bamboo is cut approximately one week after full moon and does not lead to the death of the entire plant. At this time there is less capillary water in the culms due to the weaker gravitation of the moon. This has two advantages; the bamboo canes are less heavy and second, they dry faster.

On the basis of photosynthesis, in the course of the morning, bamboo starts transporting starch (sugar) from the roots into the leaves. The more starch is in the culms, the more nutritious and attractive it is to wood-eating insects, such as beetles and termites. During the height of the day this process is at its peak making this the least ideal time of day to harvest. Therefore the best time to harvest bamboo, is at dawn or dusk, when most of the starch is or in the roots or in the leaves.

 

Curing Bamboo

Immediately after harvesting and transporting the canes to our processing plant in Managua, a mixture of water and nonpolluting chemicals, such as borax and boric acid are introduced to the bamboo.

We perform 2 different treatments (depending to the customers needs).

With the soaking / diffusion treatment, round bamboo, splits and slivers are treated by keeping them submerged in large tanks containing a water-borne preservative solution for 5 days. The preservative moves into the bamboo due to concentration gradient and the cell sap moves out due to osmotic pressure. The method of diffusion uses salts to increase fixation and filling the lacuna of the culm with solution.

The soaking method is ideal when bamboo poles are used for construction or further industrial processing. This treatment allows the poles to dry fast but requires perforation of the internodes, hence the reason why we offer 2 different curing methods. When bamboo is used for decorative purposes or in furniture production, the intact internodes are often required by the client for esthetical motives, in this case we apply the Boucherie Method.

Just like the treatment by emulsion, the Boucherie treatment replaces the natural sugar content in the bamboo walls with salts, which makes the bamboo not attractive to insects.

With the Boucherie method, the preservative is forced under pressure through the entire length of the culm, and does not require perforation of the internodes. Treatment time for 6 meters long poles is 6 hours, but requires more drying time.

 

Drying Bamboo

After curing and cleaning, the immunized poles are sorted by diameter and marked for easy inventory. All bamboo poles are air dried for a period of approximately 3 months (depending on the season and curing method). The poles are all horizontally air dried under cover. On a regular basis the poles are turned to insure an equally golden color until totally dry (moisture content below 15%).