TiMBA is a partial economic equilibrium model for the global forest products market. The model endogenously simulates production, consumption and trade of wood and wood-based products in 180 countries. TiMBA recursively computes the market equilibrium for each country and product in a given period by maximizing the social surplus in the global forest sector. In the equilibrium processes, product supply, demand and price are balanced for each simulation period.

TiMBA was developed and written by an authors' collective in which the authors have contributed over years their individual strengths and knowledge to make the model work. The authors' collective is named Thünen Institute Forest Sector Modelling (TI-FSM). The individual authors are listed as Co-authors in alphabetical order.