Charcoal is imported - from the Dominican Republic, contributing to deforestation there. The commercial briquettes made in the US are much more expensive than traditional wood charcoal and are not competitive in this market. We have tried promoting artifical charcoal presses, where loose organic matter like tree leaves and wood chips are combined with waste paper and pressed into burnable briquettes. They work on a household level, but few families have been able to make a true business out of them as they can with wood charcoal. The problems are tied to the availability of waste paper in rural Haiti and to the seasonal lack of organic matter (the goats eat everything by the end of the dry season). Other appropriate technology groups are extending this technology in areas closer to cities, and working out the kinks.