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European timber statistics 1913-1950

Year of publication 1953

Pages 206 p.

Publisher United Nations ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This volume is an attempt to fill a need vdiich must have been felt by everyone who is interested in tíie role of wood in the European economy or vèio has tried to grapple with timber problems on a European scale. Many of the statistics it contains are not new, since they have been taken from official sources. For the first time, however, an att«npt has been made to arrive at figures for trade and pi4)duction in wood and its products for everj' European country, and to bring them together in a f orm convenient for reference. In this task the FAO and ECE Secretariats have been fortunate in being able to draw on the special ‘Country Reports' which were furnished by national experts in connection with the companion study entitled 'European Timber Trends and Prospects' ; these reports included much valuable data that had not been previously published.

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