FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLV.	ZAGREB, 22 AUGUST, 2008		NUMBER: 1.3.3/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

SERVICES IN FORESTRY AND FELLED TIMBER

SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

In the second quarter of 2008 as compared to the second quarter of 2007 the quantity of forest protection agents used was somewhat smaller, except for the group Other forest protection agents which showed a slight increase. The quantity of fertilisers and soil improvement agents used was also smaller, while the quantities of energy and fuels consumed for some sorts of fuels were larger and for the other smaller. The value of materials used was somewhat larger, while the value of services done in forestry was smaller as compared to the second quarter of 2007.

1.   QUANTITY OF FOREST PROTECTION AGENTS USED, SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

Tonnes

	Totally used
	IV. - VI. 2007.	IV. - VI. 2008.
Total	7	5
Fungicides	3	3
Insecticides	4	0
Herbicides	0	0
Other forest protection agents	0	2

2.   QUANTITY OF FOREST FERTILISERS AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT AGENTS USED, SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

	Unit of measure	Totally used
		IV. - VI.  2007.	IV. - VI.  2008.
Pure mineral fertilisers (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium)	t	5	2
Manure	t	1	0
Other fertilises (mixed and complex)	t	4	1
Soil improvement agents (lime, peat, sand)	t	1	1

3.   CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY AND FUEL, SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

	Unit of measure	Totally used
		IV. - VI.  2007.	IV. - VI.  2008
Electricity	kWh	921 082	876 206
Motor fuel	t	6 472	9 944
Fuel for warming	t	172	322
Castor oil and other lubricants	t	784	120

4.   VALUE OF MATERIALS USED, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

Thousand kuna

	Totally used
	IV. - VI.  2007.	IV. - VI.  2008
Total	9 672	10 853
Small tools (hand-saws and similar)	1 339	1 613
Other forestry materials	3 960	4 042
Maintenance and repairs	5 447	5 198

5.   VALUE OF SERVICES DONE IN FORESTRY, SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

Thousand kuna

	Totally used
	IV. - VI.  2007.	IV. - VI.  2008
Total	33 075	28 738
Section A, class 02, according to NŠPU 98^1)	30 087	27 673
Arboriculture services	5 292	6 279
Services in forestry and felled timber, on contractual basis^2)	24 795	21 394
Non-forestry services growth and maintenance	2 988	1 065

1)   NŠPU 98 – the Nomenclature of Products and Services in Forestry, published in NN, No. 46/98: A Agriculture, hunting and forestry, 02 Forestry and logging related products and services (felling,                  towage and forest transport) is not harmonised with the NKD 2002. definitions for classes 02.01 and 02.02.

2)   Works usually carried out by forestry companies, for example, wood-sawing, afforestation and conversion in forests through contractors and others

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

Data on services for the reference quarter were obtained by the collection and processing of data for reporting units engaged in services as defined in section A, class 02.02, of the NKD 2002. (NN, No. 13/03). Data referring to class 02.02 were collected by extracting data from the ŠUM-22/3M form for state-owned forests and do not contain data on services referring to privately-owned forests.

Coverage and comparability

Since 1998, data on the production of forest products have been collected on the basis of the Nomenclature of Forest Products and Services, NŠPU-98 (NN, No. 46/98). The Nomenclature was made for the needs of forestry statistics. It is based on the List of Characteristic Products of the Commercial Timber Production compiled by the Eurostat (the Statistical Office of the European Union) and published as an integral part of the Manual for Economic Accounts of Agriculture and Forestry in November 1997.

Abbreviations

p/st              number of items (pieces/sticks)

kWh             kilowatt hour

NKD 2002.   National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

NN               Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

t                   tonne

'000             thousand