Lumber review
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Part of Forestry Leaves
- Title
- Lumber review
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1951
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- • LUMBER REVIEW • The lumber and timber exports to foreign countries for the last five months, under review, from March, 1951 to July, 1951, amounted to 26,700,424 board feet with corresponding value of P5,880,692.10 for sawn lumber and 102,445,461 board feet with corresponding value of Pll,431,423.81 for timber or round logs or a total of 129,145,885 board feet with corresponding total value of Pl7,312,115.91 for both, as compared with the previous six months from September, 1950 to February, 1951, when there were exported 51,383,154 board feet of lumber and 73,258,116 board feet of logs and ties or a total of 124,641,270 board feet for both. There is marked . decrease in the exportation of sawn lumber by 48 per cent and an increase in round logs by 28 per cent or a slight increase of about 4 per cent for both. The greatest consumer of our exports for sawn lumber is United States and for round logs are Japan and United States. It is within this period where the peak of lumber and timber exportation was noted during the month of May, 1951, when it reached over 33 million mark. Then the downward trend was felt in the succeeding months due to the fact that Japanese markets demanded a better grade of logs from our log exporters. In general Philippine lumber and timbe!" export is on the upward trend (see graph) as a result of post war efforts of advertising our products in foreign markets especially in the United States. In fact our foreign markets are being gradually regained as shown in the attached table. The data furnished are those only that have passed inspection by the Bureau of Forestry, although some lumber have been shipped to Japan for SCAP and which were inspected by SCAP personnel and lately by a private inspection service. Those lumber although exported to that country are not included in this review. The future of our lumber and timber trade with foreign markets is increasingly bright especially for our logs which are in great demand in the United States and Japan. LUMBER AND TIMBER EXPORTS March, 1951-July, 1951 Volume Value Volume Value Country of destination Bd. Ft. Pesos Bd. Ft. Pesos Lumber Lumber Logs Logs 1. United States 17,602,750 4,092,151.75 19,266,887 2,697,058.04 2. Okinawa 4,171,285 670,991.20 3. South Africa 1,476,976 365,152.05 200,064 37,200.00 4. Hawaii 974,180 244,485.92 5. Japan 913,113 118,704.30 80,356.735 8,480,203.19 6. Canada 573,550 171,902.53 507,781 82,121.56 7. Guam 350,956 75,958.93 8. Hongkong 292,188 54,522.12 9. Erie 189,823 33,890.06 10. Belgium 155,603 52,933.24 11. Israel 7,196 1,104.84 12. Sweden 511 13. Formosa 2,106,287 133,736.18 Totals 26.700.424 5.880.692. l'O 102.445.461 11,431.423.81