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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 19 SEPTEMBER, 2009

NUMBER: 1.3.3/3.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

SERVICES IN FORESTRY AND FELLED TIMBER

THIRD QUARTER OF 2009

 

In the third quarter of 2009, as compared to the third quarter of 2008, the total quantity of forest protection agents used decreased by 34%. The quantity of fertilisers and soil improvement agents used remained approximately at the same level except for other fertilisers, which was larger. The quantities of energy consumed decreased by 17%, that of motor fuels by 15%, that of fuels for warming by 60% and the quantities of castor oil and other lubricants by 8%. The value of materials used was by 12% and the value of services done in forestry by 8% lower, as compared to the third quarter of 2008.

 

 

1.   QUANTITY OF FOREST PROTECTION AGENTS USED, THIRD QUARTER OF 2009

Tonnes

 

Totally used

VII. – IX. 2008.

VII. – IX. 2009.

 

 

 

Total

6

4

 

 

 

Fungicides

0

0

Insecticides

0

0

Herbicides

0

3

Other forest protection agents

6

1

 

 

2.   QUANTITY OF FOREST FERTILISERS AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT AGENTS USED, THIRD QUARTER OF 2009

Tonnes

 

Totally used

VII. – IX.  2008.

VII. – IX.  2009.

 

 

 

Pure mineral fertilisers (nitrogen, phosphate,
potassium)

0

0

 

 

 

Manure

0

0

 

 

 

Other fertilises (mixed and complex)

1

3

 

 

 

Soil improvement agents (lime, peat, sand)

0

1

 

 

3.    CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY AND FUEL, THIRD QUARTER OF 2009

 

Unit of
measure

Totally used

VII. – IX.  2008.

VII. –  IX.  2009.

 

 

 

 

Electricity

kWh

1 112 769

924 082

Motor fuel

t

1 705

1 479

Fuel for warming

t

220

89

Castor oil and other lubricants

t

106

98

 


4.   VALUE OF MATERIALS USED, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, THIRD QUARTER OF 2009

Thousand kuna

 

Totally used

VII. – IX.  2008.

VII. – IX.  2009.

 

 

 

Total

11 687

10 334

 

 

 

Small tools (hand-saws and similar)

1 543

1 760

 

 

 

Other forestry materials

3 785

3 282

 

 

 

Maintenance and repairs

6 359

5 292

 

 

5.   VALUE OF SERVICES DONE IN FORESTRY, THIRD QUARTER OF 2009

Thousand kuna

 

Totally used

VII. – IX.  2008.

VII. – IX.  2009.

 

 

 

Total

32 149

30 076

 

 

 

Section A, class 02, according to NŠPU 981)

31 273

29 358

Arboriculture services

11 646

8 584

Services in forestry and felled timber, on
contractual basis2)

19 627

20 774

Non-forestry services growth and maintenance

876

718

 

 

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 via 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

 

Symbols

 

0    value not zero but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used