asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry (1) the total value of timber imported into Ireland in 1980; and the percentage this represents of our total timber usage; (2) the total value of home timber used in Ireland and the purpose for which it was used; and (3) the total value of chipboard and hardboard imported into Ireland.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Timber Imports.
46.
The information requested by the Deputy is not compiled in my Department. Neither, I understand, are statistics available from the Central Statistics Office in the precise detail sought. However, largely on the basis of information obtained from that office, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report some data in tabular form which I trust the Deputy will find useful.
Following is the data:
TABLE 1
Imports of timber in the year 1980*
|
Description |
Metric Tonnes |
£000 |
|
Conifer sawlogs and veneer logs, rough bark stripped or not |
615 |
52 |
|
Conifer sawlogs and veneer logs, roughly squared or half squared |
4,778 |
883 |
|
Non-conifer sawlogs and veneer logs, rough, bark-stripped or not |
4,157 |
858 |
|
Non-conifer sawlogs and veneer logs, roughly squared or half squared |
1,089 |
328 |
|
Pitprops, poles, piling, posts and other wood, nes., rough |
8,586 |
937 |
|
Railway and tramway sleepers (ties) of wood |
2,879 |
329 |
|
Conifer wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled over 5mm thick |
211,662 |
40,501 |
|
Conifer wood, planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, etc. |
3,129 |
1,017 |
|
Non-conifer wood, sawn, sliced, peeled, over 5mm thick |
48,777 |
12,931 |
|
Non-conifer wood, planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, etc. |
738 |
370 |
|
Total: |
286,410 |
58,206 |
* Provisional.
Note: Figures do not include trade in (a) Cork, fuel wood, wood pulp and wood waste or (b) hardboard and chipboard. For (b), see Table 2.
TABLE 2
Imports of hardboard and chipboard in the year 1980*
|
Description |
Metric tonnes |
£000 |
|
Hardboard |
5,409 |
1,201 |
|
Reconstituted wood made from wood wool, wood flour, wood shavings, sawdust or other wood waste |
42,539 |
7,800 |
|
Total: |
47,948 |
9,001 |
* Provisional.
Note: For purposes of this Table chipboard is regarded as corresponding to reconstituted wood as described above.
TABLE 3
Sales of timber by Forest and Wildlife Service in 1980*
|
Type |
Approx. Volume m³ |
Approx. Value £ |
|
Roundwood—Pulpwood size |
172,300 |
6,100,000 |
|
Roundwood—Sawlog size timber |
250,900 |
|
|
Sawn timber |
2,750 |
300,000 |
|
Totals: |
425,950 |
6,400,000 |
* Provisional.