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Thursday, 25.04.2024, 02:30
In Latvia forest export continues to rise
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Export of wood and wood products totaled EUR 739.253 million, or 12.7% more than in January-May 2013.
As usual, the majority of Latvian forest industry exports went to Great Britain, Sweden and Germany. Forest industry exports to Great Britain totaled EUR 123.03 million (14.6% of total forest industry export), to Sweden - EUR 97.3 million (11.5%), and to Germany - EUR 94.23 million (11.1%).
Forest industry imports amounted to EUR 279.5 million in January-May, a 16.9% increase from May 2013.
The majority of forest industry imports came from Lithuania - EUR 60.042 million or 21.5% of all imports, Estonia - EUR 35.025 million (12.5%), and Poland - EUR 30.892 million (11.1%).
As reported, the total value of Latvia's forest industry exports reached EUR 1.875 billion in 2013, a 10% increase on 2012 when forest industry exports totaled EUR 1.704 billion.
Forest industry imports amounted to EUR 590.554 million last year, 17.9% more than in 2012, when the figure stood at EUR 500.736 million.
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