7, = 
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percent of the wood exports were shipped from the 
South Region. At present all exports, including 
forest products, must be licensed by the Bank of 
Brazil. 
Brazil's imports of forest products are dominated 
in both value and volume by paper. mostly news- 
print and book paper. and chemical woodpulp (table 
19). During 1957-61 pulp and paper, by value. 
were supplied as follows: 
Pulp Paper 
(percent) (percent) 
Finland, Sweden, and Norway...... 86 69 
Canada and United States......... 11 18 
@ihercountviess< 6 eo Gee oc e 3 13 
Wood products consisted of small quantities of box 
shooks, cooperage. lumber, plywood, and veneer 
largely from the United States and Europe, and 
quebracho (Schinopsis spp.) logs from Paraguay. 
Nonwood forest products accounted for 11 percent 
of imports by value. Most important of these was 
‘rosin, of which nearly half came from Greece and the 
remainder from other European countries, the United 
States, and Mexico. 
imports were supplied as follows: Cork and cork 
products, almost all from Spain and Portugal; 
tanning and dyeing extracts, Argentina; turpentine 
and tall oil, mostly from the United States and 
Finland; and gums and resins from _ producing 
countries such as Sudan (gum arabic), India (lac), 
Other nonwood forest products 
and Spain (tragasol) or from middleman countries, 
such as the United Kingdom, Federal Republic of 
Germany, the United States, and France, which 
may add value to the material by further refining. 
Brazilian imports of forest products from the 
United States during 1957-61 averaged $22.4 million 
annually. Woodpulp, paper. and naval stores made 
up 95 percent of the value of these imports (table 20). 
Table 19.—Brazilian imports of forest products, 1957-61 
| 
1957-61 average 
Product 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 
Proportion 
Quantity | of total 
value of 
listed 
products 
Thousand | Thousand | Thousand | Thousand | Thousand | Thousand 
metric tons | metrictons | metric tons | metrictons | metrictons | metrictons | Percent 
Wioodsproducisn ts cm sass sees neti. = 1.6 | On 0. 1 55 IPs th) 4.0 0.3 
Woodpulp: | 
STF ie Sees o CARs Sec eae 86. 8 61.3 65. 2 50. 1 38.0 60.3 16. 7 
Orherchemically.. ona one os ee 49.8 42.5 42.2 3%. 42. 4. 42.9 97 
LGU Sad pay oo REAR ae ee ee 136.6 103. 8 107. 4 | 87. 8 | 80. 4 1032 26. 4 
Paper: | 
NGS DELULU Wee ¥en Geren ahve svat od ohh oad Li3 25 140. 8 144.9 164.5 148. 8 154. 5 46.5 
IBOOKspA pee ase Ne ces Ss he ake Reve 2 30.5 Pays tt | 20.0 13. 6 | 24. 0 lie: 
Mpherspa perc snc wscis-cagisks ete es wee Bot 2.6 ee 4.9 4. 7 .8 3.6 
BaperbOand res crstrctissci.i eras tances 4 -3 4 4 50) 4 53) 
Unspecified paper and paperboard... . 6 5 8) 33 | a) 283 4 | 9 
ANGST Sao ch pate Ste eee mE ae 210.3 174. 7 72s 190.3 167. 7 183. 1 62.2 
| = = 
Cork. and\cork: products... ¢ +. 16-0060: 3.4 Sond ) B55) 4.5 4.3 2.6 
Tanning and dyeing extracts............. 2.4 2.8 1.0 | 6 1.4 1.6 .6 
Tacit Ss Seta Aue i es 6 ae ee 12.8 isnt 1253. | 11.5 12.1 12.9 ee 
PieRE PEN GINO) ac ayes sys sake ets hays SRS 4 We oe -8 ad 1.70" = a -6 .8 
Aiea Manleeer nee tee yes eel ch a av Sl ee aD, 2 | eo, (4) 
Wood distillation products............... 1.2 IE 1. 4 | 1.8 LS 1.4 | 4 
amisrangeresinsi-s css eo ahs ers ena eee 1.9 a 1.2 2.1 ile | 225 1.8 
| | 
1 Insignificant. 
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