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SERBIA - AGRICUIvTURAI. ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



We show the amount of timber of the different categories derived 

 from the felHngs of 1911 : 



73,651 cubic metres (i) 

 17,020 » )) 



120,000 



1. Woodcutting for firewood 



2. )) )) domestic uses. . . . 



3. » » commercial and in- 



dustrial purposes : 

 a) woodcutting for firewood .... 

 » by merchants, in- 

 dustrial workers and workmen whose 

 material is wood 310,000 » « 



520,680 » » 



Woodcutting for firewood and for the material of industry has met 

 all the needs of the country in these respects. 



The foreign trade in firewood and wood as material was at first unim- 

 portant, but latterly there has been a change. While in the past Serbia 

 imported all her luxurious furniture from abroad, she has in recent years 

 begun to export her wood and her imports of furniture have diminished 

 more and more. 



The following table gives data as to the export and import of wood. 



Import 



Export 



Firewood 



Wood 



as 



material 



1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 19H 

 I912 



45.580 

 195,686 



164,341 

 340,936 



"3,335 



473,395 

 375,984 

 329,498 

 536,184 

 507,122 



395,355 

 269,751 

 260,009 



1,033,051 

 839,318 



134,829 11,569,254 

 137,962 I 246,691 

 145,360 450,280 



166,368 

 255,413 



184,950 

 389,415 



1,229,893 



1,214,835 



956,340 



422,245 



999,416 



Pasturage in the woods and the utilization of acorns are enjoyed on a 

 large scale but the relevant statistics are known only as to the State woods. 

 For 1915 they are as follows : 



(i) I cubic metre = 1.308 cubic y;'.id~. 



