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APPENDIX 6: PRODUCTION, TRADE AND CONSUMPTION OF FOREST PRODUCTS IN SAHELIAN, NORTH-SUDANIAN AND WESTERN AFRICA, 1996

Country


Fuelwood and Charcoal
(1000 m3)

Industrial Roundwood
(1000 m3)

Sawnwood
(1000 m3)

Total
(1000 m3)

Production

Imports

Exports

Consumption

Production

Imports

Exports

Consumption

Production

Imports

Exports

Consumption

Production

Benin

5 753

0

0

5 753

329

0

0

329

24

0

2

22

6 106

Burkina Faso

9 835

0

0

9 835

466

0

0

466

2

0

0

2

10 303

Togo

2 189

0

0

2 189

245

3

3

245

14

3

0

18

2 448

Cape Verde

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

7

0

7

0

Chad

3 993

0

0

3 993

669

0

0

669

2

17

0

20

4 664

Djibouti

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

Eritrea

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0

Ethiopia

46 982

0

0

46 982

2 373

1

2

2 371

33

1

0

34

49 399

Gambia

1 120

0

0

1 120

113

0

0

113

1

1

0

2

1 234

Kenya

41 003

0

0

41 003

1 961

0

0

1 961

185

2

2

185

43 201

Mali

6 315

0

0

6 315

420

0

0

420

13

0

0

13

6 748

Mauritania

9

0

0

9

6

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

15

Niger

5 693

0

0

5 693

374

0

0

374

4

0

0

4

6 071

Senegal

4 457

0

0

4 457

737

25

0

761

23

30

0

53

5 217

Somalia

8 911

0

0

8 911

108

0

0

108

14

0

0

14

9 033

Sudan

14 600

1

0

14 601

2 274

14

0

2 287

45

70

0

115

16 920

Total Sahelian Countries

150 860



3023




2920





161 360

Cameroon*

12 692

0

0

12 692

3 364

0

1 307

2 057

1 400

0

316

1 084

17 530

Côte d’Ivoire*

11 974

0

6

11 968

3 008

0

332

2 676

706

0

501

206

15 960

Ghana*

25 190

0

0

25 190

1 255

0

150

1 105

604

0

240

364

27 154

Guinea*

4 273

0

0

4 273

651

0

31

620

85

3

1

87

5 009

Nigeria*

105 832

0

101

105 731

8 479

2

11

8 470

2 723

1

25

2 698

117 149

Total Gulf of Guinea* countries

159 961



12 692




2 057





182 802

Total Sahel & Golf/Guinea*

310 821



15 715




4 977





344 162

Source: State of the World’s Forests, FAO. 1999. * Figures are only indicative. The sub-regional breakdown reflects geographic groupings. Figures are given by country and do not represent solely dry-zone areas, especially for countries bordering the Golf of Guinea where significant amount of humid zones are found. Table excludes wood-based panels, pulp for paper, and paper and paperboard.


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