Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen
The combined forest area of these countries accounts for only 1 percent of the world's forests. Some countries (Algeria, Morocco, Somalia, the Sudan, Yemen) have significant areas in "other wooded land", which although not counted in the forest area figures are important for forest products, grazing and desertification control. Fuelwood and charcoal are the major forest products. Production of industrial wood is very limited; about two-thirds of the demand for industrial roundwood and processed wood products is met by imports. Gum arabic is a major export of the Sudan.
|
Land area (thousand ha) |
1 351 900 |
Total forest area, 1995 (thousand ha) |
50 334 |
Percent of land in forest (%) |
3.7 |
Forest area per caput (ha) |
0.2 |
Annual change in forest area, 1990-1995 (thousand ha) |
-405 |
Percent annual change, 1990-1995 (%) |
- 0.8 |
|
Product |
Quantity |
% of world total |
Fuelwood and charcoal |
34 739a |
2 |
Industrial roundwood |
4 274a |
n.s. |
Sawnwood |
232a |
n.s. |
Wood panels |
347a |
n.s. |
Pulp for paper |
450b |
n.s. |
Paper and paperboard |
783b |
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 |
244a |
4 603 |
1 |
438a |
9 280 |
3 |
Industrial roundwood |
9a |
1 003 |
n.s. |
690a |
108 294 |
1 |
Sawnwood |
14a |
4 871 |
n.s. |
5 654a |
1 169 285 |
4 |
Wood panels |
66a |
40 041 |
n.s. |
1 556a |
632 367 |
4 |
Pulp for paper |
80b |
45 152 |
n.s. |
433b |
221 227 |
1 |
Paper and paperboard |
32b |
26 053 |
n.s. |
1 696b |
1 317 967 |
2 |
a Thousand m3.
b Thousand tonnes.