| Title |
Lietuvos miškų sektoriaus raidos galimybės: esami konkurenciniai pranašumai ir prioritetinės plėtros kryptys / |
| Translation of Title |
Lithuanian forestry sector development opportunities: current competitive advantages and possible growth trends. |
| Authors |
Gaižutis, Algis ; Kurtinaitienė, Jolita |
| DOI |
10.15388/Ekon.2007.17622 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Ekonomika. 2007, t. 79, p. 50-63.. ISSN 1392-1258 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The forest area in Lithuania is growing from the middle of the 20th century. On 1 January 2006, Lithuania possessed 2014 thous. ha of forests (32.5% of the territory of the country) with 401.1 mill, m3 of wood. 7.6 mill, m3 of timber with bark is harvested in Lithuania every year; it comprises 58% of the total wood increment. Part of timber (about 0.8-1 mill, m3) is left as a post-harvesting waist on site. In the 3rd and 4th forest groups, utilisation of wood increment comprises 67%. Analysis of governmental forest inspection data suggests that Lithuania does not exploit significant reserves (about 2-2.5 mill, m3 of timber per year) to increase the supply of local timber for the industry and energy sectors. About 1.5 mill, m3 of timber per year is not delivered only from the forest reserved for the restoration of the ownership rights (which comprises 300,000 ha or 15.6% of forest area). Lithuanian industry suffers a loss of potential timber because no activity is performed in the areas until property is returned to the owners. The forestry sector produces 4% of the Lithuanian GDP. Timber industry contributes 10% to industrial value added in Lithuania. The sector involves 220 thous. private forest owners and 52 thous. workers of forestry and timber industry. This industry is among the fastest growing areas of the Lithuanian economy with a positive export-import balance (more than 60% of products are exported). The further development of the timber industry is also related to the growth of export. The second part of the paper describes the competitive advantages identified in the course of the analysis. The main competitive advantage of the timber and furniture industry is local raw materials. The producers of timber slabs are able to satisfy the growing demand of the national furniture industry... |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2007 |
| CC license |
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