Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Nearly one-quarter of the world's forests are located in the CIS countries. The Russian Federation, which alone contains 22 percent of the world's forests, accounts for 94 percent of the forest area in the CIS group. Belarus and Georgia are also heavily forested, but the other countries have low to moderate forest cover. The Russian Federation accounts for about 90 percent of both production and consumption of forest products in the CIS. It is a major exporter of industrial roundwood, accounting for 9 percent of world trade in logs. The other countries are highly dependent on imports to meet their needs for wood products.
|
Land area (thousand ha) |
2 178 010 |
Total forest area, 1995 (thousand ha) |
809 298 |
Percent of land in forest (%) |
37.1 |
Forest area per caput (ha) |
2.8 |
Annual change in forest area, 1990-1995 (thousand ha) |
501 |
Percent annual change, 1990-1995 (%) |
0.1 |
|
Product |
Quantity |
% of world total |
Fuelwood and charcoal |
25 101a |
1 |
Industrial roundwood |
82 695a |
5 |
Sawnwood |
23 483a |
5 |
Wood panels |
3 460a |
2 |
Pulp for paper |
3 771b |
2 |
Paper and paperboard |
3 355b |
1 |
|
Product |
Export value |
Import value |
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Export quantity |
thousand US$ |
% of world total |
Import quantity |
thousand US$ |
% of world total |
|
Fuelwood and charcoal |
87a |
1 524 |
n.s. |
86a |
3 998 |
1 |
Industrial roundwood |
16 920a |
993 022 |
9 |
1 003a |
27 204 |
n.s. |
Sawnwood |
5 023a |
656 242 |
3 |
196a |
27 215 |
n.s. |
Wood panels |
1 006a |
287 376 |
2 |
116a |
38 289 |
n.s. |
Pulp for paper |
980b |
382 839 |
2 |
18b |
14 537 |
n.s. |
Paper and paperboard |
1 501b |
764 485 |
1 |
123b |
118 908 |
n.s. |
a Thousand m3.
b Thousand tonnes.