from 1,500 metric tons in 1955 to 3,500 in 1960. 
The respective products of these two companies are 
Fibroplan. a flat-pressed board. and Solidor, an 
extruded-type board. 
Fuelwood and Charcoal 
The average annual output of fuelwood, including 
wood for charcoal, as reported by the Ministry of 
Agriculture for 1955-59. was as follows for the regions 
and the five highest States: 
Million 
Region: cubic feet 
North! 32a e7te iain eee ce 54 
INortheast:3.i3. en cee ee 580 
Hiabt.. Sense ee an ee eee ee J. soo 
Southiz fe fae oe eee caer oe ee er 1,015 
Gentral=Westi.s.. a. was eee 135 
PRG tal eat ich: dnate ty ete Ie 3,022 
State: 
Minas Gerais) seco tea eee ee 874 
SantaiGatarina cts) fee eee ee 329 
RiowGrandedowsul. eee ee 272 
Parana ei nike os nme Noe ee 233 
Babhvai -3e Se est ae ee fie 214 
Reported output steadily increased from 2,809 mil- 
lion cubie feet in 1955 to 3.368 million in 1959. 
Since a 
generally not reported, total annual production may 
substantial amount of fuelwood cut is 
be as much as 5 percent greater. 
Wood is still the common fuel for many railroads, 
river boats, and industries in rural areas, in spite of 
recent electrification and increasing use of petroleum 
products. Fuel ports are located along all steamer 
routes of the Amazon region. One large pulp com- 
pany used 18 million cubic feet of wood as fuel in its 
pulp and paper mills in northern Parana in 1959, _ 
representing 0.77 cubie foot of fuelwood for each 
cubic foot of pulpwood used. In 1958, reported 
industrial fuelwood consumption was 820 million 
cubie feet, of which 240 million was used by the 
railroads. The 1950 agricultural census reported 
420,000 farm enterprises engaged in fuelwood and 
charcoal production. 
About 9 percent of the fuelwood cut is converted 
to chareoal. Reported charcoal production has 
increased steadily from 671,000 metric tons in 1950 
to 1,150,000 tons in 1961. The average annual 
charcoal output during 1955-57 was as follows: 
Thousand 
Region: metric tons 
INOrthisceccen bce ate ae ee ee 8.2 
INortheast.. stun noe eee 122.8 
Biapt=: sonic one Aco ee eee 612.7 
SouthA: none eee ae 196.9 
Gentral-West....0a0 de eee Kis 
Totals. ca Bes- Se 947.9 
Minas Gerais. with 463.2 thousand tons, accounted 
for nearly half of the output of these years. 
Most of the charcoal is made in primitive kilns in 
the forests. The metallurgical industry is the prin- 
cipal industrial user of charcoal. One company 
maintains in Minas Gerais 55,000 acres of eucalyptus 
It employs the 
most modern methods of charcoal production, in- 
plantations for its charcoal supply. 
cluding recovery of byproducts in the distillation 
process. 
Crossties 
In 1949 Brazil produced 6,464,000 crossties; cur- 
rent production is probably somewhat greater. The 
country’s railroads require annually about 6 million 
Table 13.—Relative output of various kinds of paper, by States, Brazil, 1960 
| 
State Newsprint | Other print- Writing | Wrapping Other Total 
ing 
= | | 
| Percent Percent Percent | Percent Percen Percent 
SHONPAUION: ABe Gk seen ee ee eee | 10.4 78. 8 66.3 | 53. 0 62.8 54. 3 
Paranda ny ayes eee ce Lote pore 80.1 1.0 0 8.1 1S eet 
Riowd eyJanemore es eee ee ee 3.3 14.5 20.1 5.4 28.7 10.8 
Minas.Geraisn as: 25,5 eee ari ie Pore: vill .6 2.9 7.9 ae. 4.2 
Guanabaras: nck Se ree cee 4. 0 Ps Tl Sp 1 4.9 10 4.1 
RiogGrande dor Sulece Hace ce merce aie edt 8 4.9 4.9 4.1 3.4 
Other... ctessoniacie an Otis Clo eon 2.0 1.6 Sil 15.8 1.6 8.1 
Potala yee Alay coe aero ein 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 
FOREST RESOURCE REPORT 16, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
