The industrial forestry sector is concerned about the forestry asset and the future supply of raw materials

2023-06-15 -

At the recent National Timber Congress organized by FAIMA in the province of Santiago del Estero

APICOFOM “presented a paper on this subject, alerted about the inconveniences that could be envisioned. Timber businessmen from all over the country understood that in the short or medium term this reality could affect them, because if plantations are not increased, there will be a lack of wood”.
The treatment at the meeting of the Board of Directors was expanded by addressing aspects related to the yields of the rolls, biomass production, domestic and international prices, inflation and exchange parity, and public policies for housing promotion.
There was agreement on the need to carry out marketing plans to promote the use of wood with added value, and the importance of reactivating exports to lighten the stock destined for the national market, depressing prices and profit margins. They also assured that many industries do not stop their activities just to maintain sources of employment.
The debate on this issue occupied a large part of the agenda of the meeting of the APICOFOM Board of Directors, corresponding to the month of June. The trigger was the treatment of this axis during the sectoral workshop organized by IERAL in the city of Posadas, an event in which the president of the business entity, Guillermo Fachinello, and leaders of the activity participated.
The concern responds -among other factors- to the installation of large-scale industrial enterprises and the consumption of wood that they have planned in the north of the province of Corrientes, a situation that will affect the supply for the industries in the south of Misiones. To this is added the few plantations that have been recorded (although an encouraging fact is that this year the forest nurseries would be working at a good pace), the concentration of planted forests and the resination of pines (which delays the normal growth of the trees ).
“We all want to work and invest but we are not certain about supply. In Misiones and Corrientes they say that there is wood, but that is not our reading, and it is necessary to have reliable information from the Nation and provinces to be able to work in a planned manner. In addition to the fact that exporting is key, we must improve our logistics costs, both prices and conditions, because they are much more expensive than in neighboring countries ”, he stated.