FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 23 FEBRUARY, 2010		NUMBER: 1.3.3/4.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

SERVICES IN FORESTRY AND FELLED TIMBER

FOURTH QUARTER OF 2009

In the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, the total quantity of forest protection agents used decreased because they could not be treated due to the freezing of soil and snow. The quantity of fertilisers and soil improvement agents used also decreased. The quantities of energy consumed increased by 5% and those of fuels for warming by 55%, while quantities of motor fuels decreased by 9%,and the those of castor oil and other lubricants by 8%. The value of materials used was by 13% higher, while the value of services done in forestry was by 12% lower, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2008.

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

			Tonnes
	Totally used
	X. – XII. 2008.	X. – XII. 2009.
Total	11	2
Fungicides	0	0
Insecticides	2	0
Herbicides	4	0
Other forest protection agents	5	2

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

			Tonnes
	Totally used
	X. – XII. 2008.	X. – XII. 2009.
Pure mineral fertilisers (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium)	8	2
Manure	0	0
Other fertilises (mixed and complex)	7	5
Soil improvement agents (lime, peat, sand)	0	0

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

	Unit of measure	Totally used
		X. – XII. 2008.	X. – XII. 2009.
Electricity	kWh	1 053 400	1 102 753
Motor fuel	t	1 642	1 489
Fuel for warming	t	568	881
Castor oil and other lubricants	t	130	122

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

			Thousand kuna
	Totally used
	X. – XII. 2008.	X. – XII. 2009.
Total	12 173	13 770
Small tools (hand-saws and similar)	1 598	1 842
Other forestry materials	4 644	5 390
Maintenance and repairs	5 931	6 538

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

			Thousand kuna
	Totally used
	X. – XII. 2008.	X. – XII. 2009.
Total	43 919	38 818
Section A, class 02, according to NŠPU 98^1)	42 240	37 712
Arboriculture services	16 952	12 989
Services in forestry and felled timber, on contractual basis^2)	25 288	24 723
Non-forestry services growth and maintenance	1 679	1 106

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

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