Rio de Janeiro – Primary production from Brazilian forests stood at 14.7 billion reals (US$ 10.9 billion) in 2010, a figure 1.1 billion reals (US$ 821.8 million) higher than in 2009. The figures were culled from the Survey of Extractive Agriculture and Silviculture (Pevs) 2010, issued this Friday (9th) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
A total of 38 products originating from plant extraction (exploration of native resources such as wood, latex, fruits and roots) and seven silviculture products (forest reproduction for wood production, resins, charcoal production, environment protection etc).
Silviculture accounted for 71.8% (10.7 billion reals, or US$ 7.9 billion) of the value generated from forest production in 2010, while extractive agriculture answered to 28.2% (4.2 billion reals, or US$ 3.1 billion). In 2009, 66.3% (9 billion reals, or US$ 6.7 billion) worth of forest products originated from silviculture and 33.7% (4.6 billion reals, or US$ 3.4 billion) from extractive agriculture.
The survey suggests that the increased share of silviculture in production and the decline in extractive agriculture resulted from strict inspection by surveillance and environmental organization and the constantly growing demand for forest products.
Wood products in extractive agriculture generated revenues of 3.4 billion reals, or US$ 2.5 billion (81.5% share) and non-wood products generated 778.2 million reals, or US$ 581.4 billion (18.5%). On the other hand, production declined for four out of five wood product categories surveyed: charcoal (-8.7%), firewood (-7.9%), logs (-17%) pinewood knots (-11.3%).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
