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· The most recent crisis was different. Demand, which revived in 2018, outstripped the supply of plantationgrown balsa by a lot, not a little. The price doubled from mid2019 to mid2020. In 2019 Ecuador exported 219mworth of balsa wood, 30% more than the previous record in 2015 (see chart).