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Indonesian teak decking

Teak decking is cut from the same Javanese plantation teak as the furniture trade, to a much narrower specification. Marine work wants quarter-sawn boards with straight vertical grain and no sapwood, and that requirement, rather than the species, is what sets the price.

How it leaves the country.

Marine decking
Quarter-sawn, vertical grain, supplied to a yard's specification with caulking seams and margin boards.
Terrace and pool decking
Wider tolerances and a lower price. A different product sold into a different trade.
Blanks and lumber
Sawn stock for buyers milling their own profiles, priced by grade and by yield rather than by finished metre.

How it is graded.

There is no published grade table for teak. What sets the price on decking is the cut and what the board excludes: sapwood, knots and grain that runs off. Write those exclusions into the contract in words.

Quarter-sawn is the requirement
Vertical grain moves less across the width and wears evenly. Flat-sawn boards look similar in a photograph and behave differently in service.
What to specify
Cut, dimensions and tolerance, moisture at loading, sapwood and knot exclusions, grain run-off allowance, and the finish or lack of it.
Legality
V-Legal document under SVLK, required for every wood product leaving Indonesia, for every destination1

How it is packed.

Bundles
Strapped, film-wrapped and on bearers. Decking arrives damaged at the ends more often than anywhere else, so end protection is worth naming.
Wood packaging
Bearers and crating are treated and marked under ISPM 15, separately from the decking itself2

Where it grows.

  • Central Java

    Java

    Plantation teak and the milling capacity that grew up around the furniture trade.

  • East Java

    Java

    Mills close to Surabaya, with the shortest route from saw to vessel.

  • Sulawesi

    Sulawesi

    A smaller teak base feeding the same buyers, with longer inland logistics.

Choosing between this and something else.

Documentation, where applicable.

V-Legal document
Issued under SVLK. Required for wood products to every export destination, not only to Europe.1
EUDR due diligence statement
For the EU only. Wood is a listed commodity, so decking is in scope and the plots behind it have to be traceable.3
ISPM 15 treatment mark
On the bearers and crating around the boards, which is a separate requirement from the boards.2
Certificate of origin
Which form applies depends on the destination and on the preference scheme in force between it and Indonesia.

What a shipment needs depends on the product, the producer and the market it is going to. We map the documents against your destination before anyone quotes a price.

Questions buyers ask.

Why is marine decking so much dearer than terrace decking?

Yield. Quarter-sawing a log for vertical grain and excluding sapwood and knots leaves far less usable board per cubic metre. You are paying for what was rejected as much as for what arrives.

Can I use plantation teak for a boat?

Yards do, and the argument is about density and oil content in faster-grown timber. It is a question for whoever specifies the deck rather than for a supplier, and the honest position is that opinions differ within the trade.

How do I check the cut before it ships?

Photographs of the end grain on the actual bundles, and a pre-shipment inspection instructed by you. The cut is visible on the end of every board, which makes this one of the easier things to verify if somebody looks.

What does your service cost?

Five per cent of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory. A factory audit starts at $250 depending on location. We work with orders from $10,000 per shipment.

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Tell us what you need.

Give us the specification and the destination port. We come back with producer options and an indicative price. Our fee is 5 % of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory.

One line is enough to start. The more exact you are, the faster the answer comes back.

What you want back

Add a specification, packaging or a target price

Optional, and the fastest way for us to reply.

We answer within one working day, from Indonesia on UTC+7. Wholesale orders from $10,000 per shipment.

Sources

  1. 1SVLK, Indonesia's timber legality assurance system. FLEGT licence information service. Checked 3 August 2026.
  2. 2ISPM 15, regulation of wood packaging material in international trade. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), FAO. Checked 3 August 2026.
  3. 3Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). European Commission. Checked 3 August 2026.