J. For. Sci., 2011, 57(9):369-376 | DOI: 10.17221/138/2010-JFS

Profitability and competitiveness of forestry in European countries

M. Kovalčík
National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia

Competitiveness of the forest sector is a necessary prerequisite for the multiple benefits that sustainable forestry provides to society. There is no universal indicator of competitiveness. GDP of the forestry and contribution of forestry to the GDP could be suitable indicators for the forest sector. Competitiveness of forestry may be evaluated by gross and net value added and by the entrepreneurial income as well. The aim of this paper was to compare the competitiveness of forestry in selected European countries based on the results of Economic Accounts for Forestry. On the basis of provided analyses it can be stated: there are great differences in profitability and competitiveness among the particular countries and between the indicators per employee and hectare of forest as well. The state of economy as well as the region has a statistically significant influence on profitability.

Keywords: competitiveness of forestry; contribution of forestry to GDP

Published: September 30, 2011  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Kovalčík M. Profitability and competitiveness of forestry in European countries. J. For. Sci. 2011;57(9):369-376. doi: 10.17221/138/2010-JFS.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Durand M., Giorno C. (1987): Indicators of international competitiveness: Conceptual aspects and evaluation. OECD Economic and Studies, 9: 147-182.
    2. EU Forest Action Plan (2006): Available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2006:0302:FIN:SK:PDF (accessed August 08, 2010)
    3. European Commission (2000): Manual on the Economic Accounts for Agriculture and Forestry. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
    4. Eurostat database (2010): Data on harmonized indices of consumer prices (HICP) and exchange rates. Available at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/search_database (accessed August 08, 2010)
    5. Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005): Progress towards sustainable forest management. Forestry paper 147. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/A0400E/ A0400E00.pdf (accessed August 08, 2010)
    6. IEEAF (2002): The European Framework for Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting for Forests - IEEAF. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. Cat. Nr. CA-27-99-241-EN-C.
    7. Marsh L.W., Tokarick S.P. (1994): Competitiveness Indicators: A theoretical and Empirical Assessment. IMF Working Paper No. 94/29. Go to original source...
    8. Moravčík M., Kovalčík M., Sarvašová Z. (2010): Possibilities of economic marketing of the non-wood forest goods and services. In: Lesy pre spoločnosť 2010. 2. medzinárodná konferencia vlastníkov a obhospodarovateľov lesov na Slovensku: 9.-10. 3. 2010. Košická Belá: 38-50. (in Slovak)
    9. National Forest Programme of the Slovak Republic (2007): Available at http://www.nlcsk.sk/files/1279.pdf (accessed March 22, 201) (in Slovak)
    10. Rametsteiner E., Nilsson S., Böttcher H., Havlik P., Kraxner F., Leduc S., Obersteiner M., Rydzak F., Schneider U., Schwab D., Willmore L. (2006): Study on the Effects of Globalization on the Economic Viability of EU Forestry. EC Contract No. 30-CE-009757/00-89. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis: 198.
    11. Rimarčík M. (2007): Statistics for Praxis. 1st Ed. Marián Rimarčík, Košice. (in Slovak)
    12. Sarvašová Z., Kovalčík M. (2010): Challenges for diversification of activities in private forest sector in Slovakia. In: Small Scale Forestry in a Changing World. Proceedings IUFRO Conference, 6-12 June 2010, Bled Slovenia.
    13. Sarvašová Z., Jarský V., Setzer F., Weiss G. (2010): Support for Innovation in Forestry in Rural Development Programmes of Six European Countries. In: COST Action E51 - Policy Integration and Coordination: the Case of Innovation and the Forest Sector in Europe. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union: 87-106.
    14. Siggel E. (2007): The many dimensions of competitiveness. In: International Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage: A Survey and a Proposal for Measurement, CESifo. Venice Summer Institute, July 20-21 2007.
    15. Svitok R., Tutka J. (2010): Role of Slovak small-scale forestry in wood business and carbon storage. In: Small Scale Forestry in a Changing World. Proceedings IUFRO Conference, 6-12 June 2010, Bled Slovenia.
    16. Tutka J., Svitok R. (2010): Possible economic consequence of climate change in forestry. In: Small Scale Forestry in a Changing World. Proceedings IUFRO Conference, 6-12 June 2010, Bled Slovenia.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content