Overview of the Baltic Market
East Anglian Timber Trade Association
Cambridge Dinner
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General Economic Situation
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Manufacturing growth (index Jan 2008=100, seasonally adjusted and three months moving average)1/
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Raw Material
Distribution of forest land by ownership categories
State Forest37%
Private Forest48%
Non-restituted forest15%
State47%Private forest
ow ners51%
Other (municipalities, churches, etc.)
2 %
Total forest area 3.3 million ha
Distribution of growing stock by tree species- State forest
Pine 35,8%
Spruce26,3%
Birch20,1%
Others2,1%
Grey alder2,1%
Black alder5,0%
Aspen8,6%Pine
43%
Birch28%
Alder9%
Spruce15%
Other1%
Aspen4%
Latvia Estonia Species Distribution of the Growing Stock
Forest Ownership
Species Distribution of the Growing Stock
Forest Ownership
Latvia Estonia
Availability of resources in Latvia, mln.m3
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Source: State Forest Service, Latvian Forest Industry Federation
Additional volumefrom State
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Private
Import
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Exports
Coniferous sawn & planed timber exports, Jan-Jun 2012 2012/2011 (%)
UK 270,155 0% Egypt 137,453 63% Holland 71,346 -2% Estonia 65,592 3% Japan 64,406 -2% Germany 55,046 -27% France 45,659 12% Belgium 40,737 -10% Poland 33,072 8% Rep of Korea 28,311 23% Lithuania 27,099 7% Israel 16,512 77% Norway 13,232 144% Sweden 13,186 27% Ireland 12,578 -1% Tunisia 9,976 55% Denmark 9,379 77% Jordania 8,608 335% Algeria 7,515 -4% China 6,315 -8% Iceland 6,042 -24% United Arab Emirates 5,803 245% Pakistan 5,355 170% Other 28,336 -43% TOTAL 981,713 8%
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