STATE OF THE WORLD's FORESTs 2001 North American Free Trade agreement Canada, Mexico and the United States are members of the north american Free Trade agreement (NAFTA), which came into effect on 1 January 1994. NAFTA's main aims are to contribute to the expansion of world trade; create, expand and secure markets for the goods produced in members territories; reduce distortions in trade; create new employment opportunities; improve workin conditions and living standards in members'territories and address related environmental and conservation issues. NAFTA is a trading bloc of global reach. It is innovative because it establishes linkages between economies with different levels of economic development. Current discussions see the linking of existing subregional integration schemes of NAFTA into a Free Trade Area of the Americas DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST SECTOR One-fourth of the area of the NAFtA countries is forest land. Together, the three countries account for 14 percent of the world's forest area. Almost 90 percent of the regions forest is located in Canada and the United States, which are major world producers of wood. Canada and the United States together roduce 40 percent of the world s industrial roundwood, and more than one-third of all processed wood products, including almost half the world's paper pulp. NAFTA is extremely important in world trade of wood products. The value of its exports of sawnwood and pulp for paper represents nearly one-half of the world, s export market. It accounts for nearly one-third of the world's import market for sawnwood and one-fifth of the paper, wood panels and paper pulp markets. The forest sector in NAFTA is a significant source of revenue and employment through forest industries, forest-based recreation and tourism. 人限19 Land area( 000 ha) 2028861 Quantity %of world total Total forest area, 2000(000 ha) Woodfuel (000 m) 91414 Percentage of land under forest Industrial roundwood(000 m3) 614 248 Forest area per capita(ha) Sawnwood('000 m7) 178645 Annual change in forest area, 1990-2000 Wood panels('000 mr) 52067 Thousand hectares Pulp for paper (000 tonnes) 82526 Percentage 0 Paper and paperboard('000 tonnes)100 692 34 s.International forest products trade: quantity and value, 1998 Product Export value quantity USS thousands of word total USS thousands of world total Woodfuel (000 m) Industrial roundwood(000m? 437112 54379 48130 744139 Wood panels(000 my) 12254 3125408 Pulp for paper(000 tonnes) 15793 2698 Paper and paperboard ('000 tonnes) 25632 192652 19217 Nofe: ns -not sinificant, indicating a very small value.130 STATE OF THE WORLD’S FORESTS 2001 North American Free Trade Agreement Quantity % of world total Woodfuel (’000 m3) 91 414 5 Industrial roundwood (’000 m3) 614 248 41 Sawnwood (’000 m3) 178 645 43 Wood panels (’000 m3) 52 067 35 Pulp for paper (’000 tonnes) 82 526 47 Paper and paperboard (’000 tonnes) 100 692 34 Forest resources Land area (’000 ha) 2 028 861 Total forest area, 2000 (’000 ha) 525 769 Percentage of land under forest 25.9 Forest area per capita (ha) 1.3 Annual change in forest area, 1990-2000 - Thousand hectares -243 - Percentage 0 Production of wood-based products, 1998 Product Export Export value Import Import value quantity quantity US$ thousands % of world total US$ thousands % of world total Woodfuel (’000 m3) 210 20 092 14 265 14 852 n.s. Industrial roundwood (’000 m3) 10 432 1 368 075 21 7 055 437 112 5 Sawnwood (’000 m3) 54 379 10 385 211 45 48 130 7 441 390 30 Wood panels (’000 m3) 11 334 2 868 081 19 12 254 3 125 408 20 Pulp for paper (’000 tonnes) 15 793 6 631 750 48 6 192 2 698 022 17 Paper and paperboard (’000 tonnes) 25 632 19 265 276 28 19 217 15 769 680 23 Note: n.s. = not significant, indicating a very small value. International forest products trade: quantity and value, 1998 Canada, Mexico and the United States are members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which came into effect on 1 January 1994. NAFTA´s main aims are to contribute to the expansion of world trade; create, expand and secure markets for the goods produced in members’ territories; reduce distortions in trade; create new employment opportunities; improve working conditions and living standards in members’ territories; and address related environmental and conservation issues. NAFTA is a trading bloc of global reach. It is innovative because it establishes linkages between economies with different levels of economic development. Current discussions see the linking of existing subregional integration schemes of NAFTA into a Free Trade Area of the Americas. DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST SECTOR One-fourth of the area of the NAFTA countries is forest land. Together, the three countries account for 14 percent of the world’s forest area. Almost 90 percent of the region’s forest is located in Canada and the United States, which are major world producers of wood. Canada and the United States together produce 40 percent of the world’s industrial roundwood, and more than one-third of all processed wood products, including almost half the world’s paper pulp. NAFTA is extremely important in world trade of wood products. The value of its exports of sawnwood and pulp for paper represents nearly one-half of the world’s export market. It accounts for nearly one-third of the world’s import market for sawnwood and one-fifth of the paper, wood panels and paper pulp markets. The forest sector in NAFTA is a significant source of revenue and employment through forest industries, forest-based recreation and tourism