State of the world's forests 1999 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST SECTOR

Nearly one-quarter of the world's forests are located in the CIS countries. The Russian Federation, which alone contains 22 percent of the world's forests, accounts for 94 percent of the forest area in the CIS group. Belarus and Georgia are also heavily forested, but the other countries have low to moderate forest cover. The Russian Federation accounts for about 90 percent of both production and consumption of forest products in the CIS. It is a major exporter of industrial roundwood, accounting for 9 percent of world trade in logs. The other countries are highly dependent on imports to meet their needs for wood products.

Land area (thousand ha)	2 178 010
Total forest area, 1995 (thousand ha)	809 298
Percent of land in forest (%)	37.1
Forest area per caput (ha)	2.8
Annual change in forest area, 1990-1995 (thousand ha)	501
Percent annual change, 1990-1995 (%)	0.1

Product	Quantity	% of world total
Fuelwood and charcoal	25 101^a	1
Industrial roundwood	82 695^a	5
Sawnwood	23 483^a	5
Wood panels	3 460^a	2
Pulp for paper	3 771^b	2
Paper and paperboard	3 355^b	1

Product		Export value			Import value
	Export quantity	thousand US$	% of world total	Import quantity	thousand US$	% of world total
Fuelwood and charcoal	87^a	1 524	n.s.	86^a	3 998	1
Industrial roundwood	16 920^a	993 022	9	1 003^a	27 204	n.s.
Sawnwood	5 023^a	656 242	3	196^a	27 215	n.s.
Wood panels	1 006^a	287 376	2	116^a	38 289	n.s.
Pulp for paper	980^b	382 839	2	18^b	14 537	n.s.
Paper and paperboard	1 501^b	764 485	1	123^b	118 908	n.s.

PART IV - FORESTRY IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPS

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

MEMBERS

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST SECTOR

Forest resources

Production of wood-based products (1996)

International forest products trade - quantity and value (1996)