Angola, Burundi, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, the Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
COMESA contains 8 percent of the world's forests. While nearly one-fourth of the region's land area is in forest, forest cover varies considerably by country. Countries with high forest cover include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Zambia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Malawi. The others have low to moderate cover. An additional 20 percent of the region's land is in "other wooded land" and some countries have considerable cover of "trees outside the forest", both of which are important sources of wood and non-wood forest products. Over 90 percent of the wood produced in the COMESA region is used as fuelwood and charcoal. COMESA accounts for only a minor share of world imports and exports of wood products.
|
Land area (thousand ha) |
1 236 317 |
Total forest area, 1995 (thousand ha) |
289 546 |
Percent of land in forest (%) |
23.4 |
Forest area per caput (ha) |
1.0 |
Annual change in forest area, 1990-1995 (thousand ha) |
-2 320 |
Percent annual change, 1990-1995 (%) |
- 0.7 |
|
Product |
Quantity |
% of world total |
Fuelwood and charcoal |
259 099a |
14 |
Industrial roundwood |
20 939a |
1 |
Sawnwood |
1 353a |
n.s. |
Wood panels |
315a |
n.s. |
Pulp for paper |
440b |
n.s. |
Paper and paperboard |
281b |
n.s. |
|
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 |
8 241a |
4 477 |
1 |
297a |
2 074 |
1 |
Industrial roundwood |
210a |
56 687 |
n.s. |
141a |
24 043 |
n.s. |
Sawnwood |
121a |
43 094 |
n.s. |
2 645a |
523 281 |
2 |
Wood panels |
43a |
16 221 |
n.s. |
181a |
68 236 |
n.s. |
Pulp for paper |
201b |
60 098 |
n.s. |
76b |
32 012 |
n.s. |
Paper and paperboard |
7b |
5 802 |
n.s. |
378b |
272 371 |
n.s. |
a Thousand m3.
b Thousand tonnes.