This publication of 450 pages has been prepared by an FAO team headed by Arne Sundelin through a trust fund financed by trade associations and individual firms in Europe (Austria, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) and other regions (Argentina, Canada, Chile and the United States of America).
PULP AND PAPER PROSPECTS IN WESTERN EUROPE
Western Europe, the study says, will have a potential export surplus of almost 2.8 million tons of paper and paperboard by 1965, this amount being the difference between normal manufacturing output and estimated requirements in western Europe. This figure is made up of 900,000 tons of newsprint, 70,000 tons of kraft (sulphate pulp) paper and paperboard, and 1.8 million tons of other paper and board grades.
Total needs for paper and paperboard in western Europe might rise from some 18.5 million tons in 1960 to 24 million in 1965, 30 million in 1970 and to almost 37 million tons in 1975: that is, an approximate doubling in the course of 15 years.
By 1975 there might be a regional shortage of raw materials to supply growing needs. The study concludes: "Western Europe is likely to become a net importer of fairly large and increasing quantities of pulp/paper and paperboard from other regions of the world."
Pulp and paper prospects in western Europe is available from Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag G.m.b.H., 8 München 13, Lothstrasse 29, Germany, Fed. Rep., price US $9. A French edition will be available later in 1964 in mimeographed form from the Forestry and Forest Products Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy.
1963 YEARBOOK OF FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS
Contains, in addition to production, trade and trade flow statistics, figures on land and forest areas of the world and monetary exchange rates. In the introduction the highlights of the world production and trade in forest products are summarized, and in a short review the removals and the utilization of roundwood over the last decade have been analyzed. The appendixes contain definitions of terms and a set of conversion factors. Comparisons of removals, production, industrial roundwood utilization and trade balances are illustrated in four two-color charts.
Yearbook of forest products statistics, 1963 (Rome, December 1963), available in a trilingual edition from the Distribution and Sales Section, Food and Agriculture Organization, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy, or from FAO sales agents in various countries.
Price: US $2.50.
