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Facts and Figures

Here you can find selected data on the importance of the Austrian wood industry and the Austrian pulp and paper industries.

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Wood

Woodland in Austria: approx. 4 million hectares (= 47.2% of the country's surface area)

Austrian wood industry – key data 2011

Association of the Austrian Wood Industry. Report 2011/2012

Companies (thereof sawmills)

1,489

Staff (thereof apprentices)

approx. 28,606 (824)

Production value of the wood processing industry (in Euro)

7.64 bn

Export quota

69%


Export figures by region 2011

Association of the Austrian Wood Industry. Report 2011/2012

Region

Value in EUR million

Share on total exports in %

EU

3,926.73

74.4%

Remaining Europe

694.65

13.2%

Developing countries

133.66

2.5%

Remaining countries

523.63

9.9%

Total

5,278.66

100.0


Exports by product group in EUR million 2011

Source: Association of the Austrian Wood Industry. Report 2011/2012

Windows

76.39

Doors

29.54

Wooden floors

220.59

Laminated timber

397.16

Furniture (home, kitchen, office and shop furniture …)

2,289.53

Solid wood panels

217.97

Sawn softwood

5,591.70


Paper

Austrian paper industry – key data 2011

Companies

23

Staff

approx. 8,042

Production value (paper & cardboard) in Euro

approx. 4,900 Mio. Euro

Export quota

85.2 %


Exports by region 2011 (in metric tons)

Region

Paper & cardboard

Pulp

EU (27)

3,023,231

401,228

Remaining Europe

436,458

18,903

Africa

182,378

20,386

Americas

237,097

295

Asia

324,120

67,577

Australia & Oceania

14,062

0


Exports by product group 2011 (in metric tons)

Source: Austropapier, Annual report 2011

Newsprint

285,261

Printing paper, writing paper

2,156,995

Kraft paper

589,527

Other packaging paper

456,606

Speciality paper

205,199

Cartonboard / folding box board

511,084

Mill board, speciality board

12,674

Paper pulp

487,538

Pulp from textile

20,851


Austrian paper and board converting industry – key data 2011

Companies

148

Staff

approx. 9,114

Production value (in Euro)

approx. 2 bn

Export quota

67.3%


Austrian paper and board converting industry - exports by region 2011

Region

in EUR million

EU

1,025

Remaining Europe

90

Remaining countries

307


Austrian paper and board converting industry - production and exports by product group 2011

Source: Austrian Association of the Paper and Board Converting Industry, Annual report 2011. *) Total exports of the 3 positions: EUR 581 m

Product group

Production in EUR million

Share on total production in %

Export in EUR million

Folding boxes, solid fibre board

338

16

275

Corrugated cardboard, corrugated packaging

569

28

256

Flexible packaging

90

4

50

Hygienic paper products

218

11

*

Office products

83

4

*

Other paper products

758

37

*

Total

2,056

100

1,422



Last modified
17. May 2013
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