of imported woodpulp, 43 percent; and nonwood 
products, 14 percent (table 6). 
fuelwood and charcoal production, as well as most of 
the timber used for rural construction and in small 
sawmills and handicraft shops. are not reflected in 
the industrial production statistics. 
The industrial census of 1950 (covering the year 
1949) recorded more than 8,000 establishments 
engaged in the manufacture of wood and pulp 
products. excluding furniture (table 7). The South, 
with more than three-fourths of the wood products 
establishments. had 4,560 producing lumber. ply- 
wood, and veneer, and 1,389 producing cooperage, 
cork, and wooden articles. Of the pulp products 
enterprises, 117 were making pulp and paper (South 
97, East 18. and Northeast 2) and 324 paper and 
paperboard products. 
More recent production statistics exist only for 
the four southern States where more than 11,000 
However, all 
Table 6.—Quantity and relative value of the output of forest 
products, Brazil, 1958 
Product Quantity | Relative 
value 
Million 
board feet | Percent 
Rourhulnmbers ss ee oe ee 2, 405 26.0 
Boxboards, siding, flooring.......... 1,555 3.6 
CARES siege are Satna a tee 59 5 ® 
1,000 
cubic feet 
Veneer and plywood............:.. 12, 040 4.8 
Other wood manufacture (excluding |.......... 8.2 
TULTILULE) pea cere ike os see 
Metric 
tons 
Wood pulpYiet ee ers ce oo 5, 743 1.0 
[PETEG Perec pole ap aeons aera re Bee 416,471 41.9 
Nonwood products: 
Oil seeds, waxes, gums......... 127, 764 5.6 
Raibberescrr vos ae 29, 562 3b) 
Bibers jkapokers = jess. tet. ok 34, 889 ligal 
panini esa ken, ote neces 23, 932 sl 
Brazilenutsmere st ere o 38, 888 ES 
Gachewanuts try 9) os here kia oe 2, 302 (2) 
WMiatercns cette spon cronies) AGA eee 95, 482 ae. 
Motalwalluproguctss neural ae a one | 100. 0 
wood-based plants were recorded in 1961 (table 8). 
_Many of these plants, of which all except the 49 
papermills reported by the National Association of 
Paper Manufacturers were registered with the Na- 
tional Pine Institute, are very small enterprises not 
industrial establishments in the 1950 
industrial census. 
The agricultural census of 1950 reported that some 
125,000 establishments, 6 percent of all establish- 
ments covered, were engaged in the collection of 
considered 
nonwood forest products. Among the most im- 
portant of these were about 70,000 collecting oil 
Table 7.—Number of establishments and employees and the 
relative value of the 1949 output of wood-based forest 
industries of Brazil, by regions 
Establishments 
Wood Pulp | 
Region prod- prod- Total 
ucts ucts ! 
Number | Number | Number 
INORCA See t ee ee ce oe is 96 4 100 
INortheast=caict as cece 260 LY Zi 
Mast eee eect ot Circ oe 1,159 139 1,298 
SOuphie paceneeiete es onvceoe eter makes 5, 949 281 6, 230 
@entralbWest3nicc.a<ccuke cee 98 0 | 98 
otal eave, eae es 7, 562 441 | 8,003 
Employees 
Number | Number | Number 
INOxt hire Sie oe rae eee ne 1937 9 1, 946 
INortheasts.. a5 sere ee ee 1,649 671 2,320 
LETS hd nc atv AoE ee 10, 829 6, 034 16, 863 
S Outlets eet et ea, 41,185 | 15,591 56, 776 
@entralaWest-ne er arise Ee 444 0 444. 
otal ce eee 56, 044 | 22,305 78, 349 
Relative value of 1949 output 
Percent | Percent | Percent 
INKayatH tig: AetaoB cethdted Oicpoes lb ro Beer Hes) @y es eS 
INOntneastaac eee nee nn 2, Quy 1.9 
Asta ei shee se ee. lead 8.9 20. 0 
Southern no Skane eee 48. 8 27. 4 76. 2 
Gentrals Wests tim iiaie cece sox 4 0 4 
NL OTA Ae wees inc geen atone 63.0 37.0 100. 0 
1 Excludes pulp which papermills produce for making their 
own products. 
? Less than 0.05 percent. 
FORESTS AND FOREST INDUSTRIES OF BRAZIL 
1 Includes pulp products made from bagasse and other 
nonwood vegetable matter. 
2 Less than 0.05 percent. 
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