ATIBT classifies the use of tropical timber under seven categories.
• Exterior staircases and guard railing
• Single-level terraces and pool areas
• Elevated terraces, balconies and corridors
• Shelters, outdoor furniture and playgrounds
• Gates
• Visual barriers and windbreak panels, pergolas
Use Highlights
• Lightweight structures
• Glued laminated timber
• Finger joints
• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Plywood, inner layers
• Sliced veneer
• Cladding and outer coating
• Windows and doors
• Screen walls and solar shading
• Shutters and closures
• Wooden floors
• Interior staircases
• Doors and door frames
• Moulding
• Interior panelling and cladding
• Layout and furnishings
• Furniture and cabinetmaking
• Hydraulic works in a submerged marine environment
• Structures and bridges in contact with soil or freshwater
• Acoustic barriers in urban areas along railroads and highways
• Crossing and dunnage
• Industrial floors and heavy framework
• Vehicle, wagon and container bottom (or floor)
• Boat decks and planking
• Boat and yacht layouts
• Pleasure-boating pontoons
• Cooperage and vat making
• Turnery, cutlery and brushmaking
• Tool handles
• Musical instruments
• Sculptures
• Packing and crating
