SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF WOOD

Timber Consumption: According to Forestry Sector Master Plan 1992, per capita timber consumption is 0.026 m³ and therefore, the estimated total timber consumption for population of 124.66 million in 1992-93 is 3.253 million m³. The contribution of state controlled forest to this consumption according to office records of all Forest Departments in 0.470 million m³ (14.4%); imports of wood and wood products is 1.280 million m³ (39.3%) costing to Rs.4704.3 million, most of which is in the form of pulp and paper (92%) and farmlands provide the balance 1.503 million m³ (46.2%) of timber.

Fuelwood Consumption: The FSMP per capita also gives per capita fuelwood consumption of 0.208 m³ and total fuelwood consumption in 1992-93 was thus estimated at 25.95 million m³ for both industrial and domestic purposes. Of this total 23.355 million m³ (90%) is contributed by farmlands and waste lands and the rest 2.595 million m³ (10%) is supplied by state controlled forests in the form of recorded and un-recorded removals. On the other hand, the Household Energy Strategy Study of 1993 finds that the annual fuelwood production is 32.33 million m³ and annual consumption is 46.148 million m³. The fuelwood gap for Pakistan is estimated at 13.82 million m³. This gap is very close to that estimated by Forestry Sector Master Plan of 15.1 million m³. Other studies have also given somewhat similar estimates. Current consumption of wood as well as its estimated demand are given in Table 3 and 4 respectively.

Table 3 - Consumption of wood in Pakistan, 1992-93

Item	Thousand cubic metres
	Volume	%
Construction	974	28.1
Furniture	394	11.4
Village carpentry	306	8.8
Mining timber	291	8.4
Industrial fuelwood	204	5.9
Matches	193	5.5
Trucks and buses	167	4.8
Particle board	103	3.0
Sports goods	51	1.5
Plywood	25	0.7
Fibre board	21	0.6
Boats	14	0.4
Crates and boxes	704	0.3
Trains	6	0.2
Railway ties	7	0.2
Total	3,460	100.0
Population (million)	124.66	-
Per capita use (m3)	0.028	-

Source:

Forestry Sector Master Plan, 1992.
Includes Industrial Fuelwood of 0.204 million m³.

Table 4. Estimated demand for industrial wood-based products by end-use (Thousand cubic metres)

{PRIVATE }	1993	1998	2003	2008	2013	2018
Construction	995	1,159	1,351	1,574	1,834	2,139
Crates and boxes	720	876	1,066	1,297	1,578	1,920
Furniture	403	508	639	804	1,012	1,272
Village carpentry	313	351	391	433	476	519
Mining timber	297	375	476	599	756	958
Matches	197	273	377	521	720	996
Trains	6	6	6	6	6	6
Trucks and buses	171	213	266	332	414	517
Boats	14	14	14	14	14	14
Particle board	105	156	231	343	509	754
Sports goods	52	77	113	166	244	358
Plywood	26	28	31	34	38	42
Fibre board	22	22	22	22	22	22
Railway ties	7	7	6	5	5	4
Industrial fuelwood	208	233	266	306	356	422
Total	3,536	4,298	5,255	6,456	7,985	9,943
Population (millions)	126.8	147.7	172.1	200.4	233.5	272.0
Per capita use (m3)	0.028	0.029	0.031	0.032	0.034	0.037

Source: Forestry Sector Master Plan, 1992.

Future changes in demand profile
from Table 4, the breakdown of demand shows some contrasts for certain products as partly illustrated below (Editor):
End use	% demand
	1993	2003	2013
Construction	28.1	25.7	21.5
Crates & boxes	20.4	20.3	19.3
Furniture	11.4	12.1	12.8
Matches	5.6	7.2	10.0
Trucks and buses	4.8	5.1	5.2
Particleboard	3.0	5.0	7.6
Other	26.7	24.6	23.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0