Tables

Table 1. Land Allocation in State Forest - 1999.
Table 2. Forest Users Licensed by the GFC, 1996 ¤ 1999.
Table 3 Contribution of the Forestry Sector to GDP, 1996-1999.
Table 4: Export Volume of Forest Products
Table 5: F.O.B. Export Value of Forest Products (‰000 US$)

Table 1. Land Allocation in State Forest - 1999.

Source: Bank of Guyana Statistical Bulletins.

Note: * measures domestic output exclusive of indirect taxes on goods and services.
 
 

Table 1: Production of Forest Products
PRODUCTS	Unit	4 th Quarter (Oct. ¤Dec.)			98-99 Cumulative ( Jan. ¤ Dec.) 98 - 99 98-99
		1997	1998	1999	% change	1997	1998	1999	% change
Timber Products:
Logs
Greenheart	m3	16,463	18,271	17,819	(2.5)	74,564	78,617	78,608	(0.01)
Special Class	m3	7,294	™	9,007	-	™	™	33,162	™
Class 1	m3	24,483	™	23,114	-	™	™	104,436	™
Class 2	m3	58,823	™	38,971	-	™	™	182,140	™
Class 3	m3	5,967	™	10,004	-	™	™	37,020	™
Total Logs	m3	113,030	89,319	98,915	11	498,490	386,673	435,365	12.6
Chainsawn Lumber (CL)
Greenheart	m3	1,763	™	1,793	-	™	™	3,888	™
Special Class	m3	841	™	370	-	™	™	1,066	™
Class 1	m3	4,180	™	4,866	-	™	™	13,641	™
Class 2	m3	1,039	™	1,428	-	™	™	3,814	™
Class 3	m3	735	™	874	-	™	™	2,668	™
Total CL	m3	8,558	5,295	9,331	76.2	31,640	23,638	25,078	6.09
Roundwood (RW)						™
Greenheart Piles	m3	956	1,857	2,176	17.2	6,223	11,357	8,292	(27)
Kakaralli Piles	m3	525	120	75	(37.5)	843	759	320	(57.8)
Mora Piles		™	™	0	-	™	0	55	100
Wallaba Poles	m3	1,233	487	852	74.9	4,695	3,856	2,008	(47.9)
Posts	m3	1,049	786	923	17.4	5,402	3,437	2,878	(16.3)
Spars	m3	7	11	11	0	57	44	36	(18.2)
Total RW	m3	3,770	3,261	4,037	23.8	17,220	19,453	13,589	(30.1)
Splitwood (SW)
Paling Staves	m3	438	276	455	64.9	2,128	1,473	1,085	(26.3)
Vat Staves	m3	0	6	0	(100)	0	10	4	(60)
Shingles	m3	0	19	45	136.8	28	123	94	(23.6)
Total SW	m3	438	301	500	66.1	2,156	1,606	1,183	(26.3)
Fuelwood
Charcoal	Kg	116,056	113,265	7,196	(93.6)	595,969	460,798	165,465	(64.1)
Firewood	cord	283	1,354	1,571	16.6	2,685	2,888	3,757	30
Plywood	m3	™	17,582	™	™	™	76,159	™	™
Non-Timber Forest Products:
Wattles	piece	4,780	230	1,425	520	14,036	4,576	4,885	6.8
Mangrove Bark	kg	0	10,841	12,655	17	0	25,129	65,648	161
Manicole Palm	stem	2,171,000	2,093,898	1,824,586	(12.9)	7,305,772	7,584,320	5,148,301		(32.1)
Processed Manicole Palm (Heart of Palm)	cartons	™	38,623	™	(100)	™	174,545	34729	(402.6)

Table 3: Breakdown of Royalty on Production (October - December)

				97 - 99
PRODUCTS	1997	1998	1999	% Change
Timber Products
Logs
Greenheart	6,604,176	™	8,809,836	33.4
Special Class	3,160,175	™	3,922,904	24.1
Class 1	6,791,840	™	6,327,661	(6.8)
Class 2	7,353,697	™	5,186,048	(29.5)
Class 3	613,372	™	1,031,425	68.2
Total Logs	24,523,260	™	25,277,874	3.1
Chainsaw Lumber (CL)
Greenheart	4,367,526	™	4,440,665	1.7
Special Class	1,279,987	™	915,379	(28.5)
Class 1	5,920,781	™	6,892,197	16.4
Class 2	766,408	™	1,430,172	86.6
Class 3	389,406	™	475,081	22
Total CL	12,724,108	™	14,153,493	11.2
Roundwood
Greenheart Piles	1,173,660	™	2,193,300	86.9
Kakaralli Piles	170,521	™	24,479	(85.6)
Mora Piles	™		0	™
Wallaba Poles	984,225	™	792,346	(19.5)
Posts	185,878	™	162,338	(12.7)
Spars	25,658	™	38,030	48.2
Total Roundwood	2,503,942	™	3,210,493	28.2
Splitwood
Paling Staves	185,766	™	194,039	4.4
Vat Staves	1,010	™	0	™
Shingles	0	™	39,675	100
Total Splitwood	186,776	™	233,714	25.1
Fuelwood
Charcoal	153,516	™	211,080	37.5
Firewood	31,174	™	61,061	95.9
Non-Timber Forest Products
Wattles	1,884	™	9,860	423.4
Mangrove Bark	0	™	30,448	100
Manicole Palm	1,490,977	™	1,214,934	(18.5)
TOTAL ROYALTY	41,615,637	32,000,000	44,402,956	6.7

Source: Guyana Forestry Commission.
Note: Data is  unavailable.
 
 

Table 4: Export Volume of Forest Products
 

PRODUCTS	Unit	3rd Quarter (Jul-Sep)			4 th Quarter (Oct. ¤ Dec.)				Cumulative (Jan. ¤ Dec.)
		1998	1999	% change		1998	1999	% change		1998	1999	% change
Logs	m3	12,097	6,762	(44)		4,742	6,632	39.9		51,850	47,597	(8.2)
Sawnwood	m3	4,497	4,535	0.85		3,842	5,596	45.7		20,037	21,719	8.4
Roundwood	m3	1,061	1,899	79		2,428.11	2,216.09	(8.7)		8,685.11	6,166.09	(29)
Splitwood	m3	210	147	(30)		184.4	118.1	(36)		778	579.1	(25.6)
Charcoal	KGB	58,885	16,329	(72)		1,364	™	™		111,080	™	™
Plywood	m3	17,792	19,348	9		15,123	™	™		66,815	™	™
Hearts of Palm (Manicole)	Carton	41,727	37,333	(11)		29,858	14,122	(52.7)		152,559	73,655	(51.7)

Table 5: F.O.B. Export Value of Forest Products (‰000 US$)
 

PRODUCTS	3rd Quarter (Jul-Sep)			4 th Quarter (Oct. ¤ Dec.)			Cumulative (Oct. ¤ Dec. 1999)
	1998	1999	% change	1998	1999	% change	1998	1999	% change
Logs	715.47	422.59	-41	269.65	432.42	60.4	3,442.32	3,055.78	(11.2)
Sawnwood	1,670.16	1,731.49	4	1,485.14	2,146.94	44.6	7687.68	6,670.37	(13.2)
Roundwood	198.55	289.24	46	334.08	406.45	21.7	1,470.43	1,029.31	(30)
Splitwood	66.66	72.50	9	92.69	62.97	(32)	274.47	289.86	5.6
Charcoal	4.04	5.89	46	0.34	1.69	397	14.21	11.02	(22.4)
Plywood	4,004.30	6,281.66	55	3,969.65	2,972.93	(25)	16,167.57	19,414.7	20.1
Heart of Palm (Manicole)	853.21	522.72	-39	480.79	291.25	(39.4)	2,919.12	1,851.99	(36.6)
TOTAL	7,512.39	9,326.09	24	6,632.34	6,314.65	(4.8)	31,975.84	32,323.03	1.1

Sources: Guyana Forestry Commission
Amazon Caribbean Limited
Note: Sawnwood includes dressed lumber, undressed lumber, sleepers and pallets
Roundwood includes hewn, piles, poles and posts
Splitwood comprises shingles and paling staves
 

Average Domestic Prices (minimum and maximum) for 4^th Quarter of 1999

Logs G$
 

Species	October		November		December		Qtr. Average
	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3	Max/m3
Baromalli	8,833	8,833	7,167	7,167	8,000	10,500	8,000	8,333
Crabwood	™	™	9,722	9,722	10,500	10,500	10,111	10,222
Greenheart	10,083	10,083	10,417	10,417	11,889	13,278	9,417	11,250
Locust	10,278	10,278	10,000	10,000	11,250	11,389	10,500	10,556
Mora	7,222	7,222	7,222	11,361	7,222	11,361	7,222	9,972
Purpleheart	™	™	8,917	10,917	11,333	11,389	10,139	11,167

Dressed Lumber G$
 

Species	October		November				December			Qtr. Average
	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3		Max/m3		Min/m3		Max/m3		Min/m3			Max/m3
Crabwood	44,529	44,529	36,048	44,529		44,529		40,712				41,561	43,257
Greenheart	47,922	47,922	47,922	47,922		47,922		61,493				47,922	52,587
Locust	44,529	44,529	41,561	44,529		44,529		46,650				43,681	45,377
Mora	27,566	27,566	27,566	33,927		27,566		37,320				27,566	33,079
Purpleheart	45,802	45,802	45,802	45,802		45,802		51,315				45,802	47,498
Shibadan	33,927	33,927	33,927	35,199		33,927		40,713				33,927	36,472
Tauroniro	40,288	40,288	39,440	40,288		40,288		43,257				39,864	41,137

Undressed Lumber G$
 

Species	October		November		December		Qtr. Average
	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3	Max/m3	Min/m3	Max/m3
Crabwood	29,686	29,686	33,079	29,686	29,686	36,048	30,958	31,807
Greenheart	42,409	42,409	43,681	42,409	42,409	50,891	42,833	45,377
Locust	48,770	48,770	40,713	48,770	48,770	43,681	46,226	47,074
Mora	21,204	21,204	21,204	33,079	21,204	33,927	21,204	28,838
Purpleheart	41,985	41,985	41,137	41,985	41,985	45,802	41,561	43,257
Shibadan	28,838	28,838	28,838	31,807	28,838	34,351	28,838	41,137
Tauroniro	27,566	27,566	27,566	35,199	27,566	38,592	27,566	33,927

Other Products
 

Product	Unit	MinG$/ unit	October MaxG$/ unit	Min G$/ unit	November MaxG$/ unit	Min G$/ unit	December 99 MaxG$/ unit
Greenheart Piles <=55¡	Lin ft.	560	725	401	491	401	580
Kakaralli Piles <=55¡	Lin ft.	500	500	500	500	™	™
Greenheart Piles >55¡	Lin ft.	947	1,132	562	1162	562	1,162
Wallaba Poles <=50¡	Lin ft.	425	425	170	250	280	280
Wallaba Posts 10¡	Post	™	™	750	900	300	350
Wallaba Posts 8¡	Post	™	™	300	350	750	900
Shingles	Piece	™	™	14	16	15	17

G$/4¡x8¡ Average Retail Price (October ¤ December 1999)

 
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