PART∨ FORESTRY IN ECONOMIC GROUPS 127 European Community The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC)in 1957. In 1993, the Treaty of Maastricht established the European Union (EU) as a broader framework which retained the EEC now the European Community (EC), as a legal entity. The following countries are members: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The aims of the EC inchude the abolition of restrictive trading practices and the free movement of capital and labour within the union. A single market with free movement of goods and capital was established in January 1993 DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST SECTOR About one-third of the region is covered with forest, ranging from boreal to Mediterranean scrub forest. About 70 percent of the forests are located in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France and Germany. Although the EC has only 3 percent of the worlds forest area, it is a leading producer of wood-based products, in particular paper and panels. It is a major trader, accounting for 42 and 40 percent of the value of world exports and imports of wood-based products, respectively. Sweden, Finland, Germany, France and Austria are among the world's top ten exporters of forest products, and Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium and Luxembourg ar among the top ten importers Production of wood-bas 313187 Quantity of world total Land area(000 ha) Total forest area, 2000 (000 ha) Woodfuel (000 m? 35036 Percentage of land under forest Industrial roundwood ('000 m) 225808 15 Forest area per capita(ha) 71708 Annual change in forest area, 1990-2000 Wood panels(000 m2) 6866 Thousand hectares 317 Pulp for paper(000 tonnes) 33201 Percentage 0.3 Paper and paperboard('000 tonnes)77598 nation nal forest products trade: ai quantity USS thousands of world total USS thousands of world total Woodfuel(000m 27340 Industrial roundwood(000m) 13169 1072553 42051 338088 40 Sawnwood('000r 30021 6848781 Wood panels(000m) 5905542 6372162 Pulp for paper('000 tonnes) 26 Paper and paperboard (000 tonnes) 44 348 36925871 3 37885 30604696 44PART IV FORESTRY IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPS 127 European Community Quantity % of world total Woodfuel (’000 m3) 35 036 2 Industrial roundwood (’000 m3) 225 808 15 Sawnwood (’000 m3) 71 708 17 Wood panels (’000 m3) 36 866 24 Pulp for paper (’000 tonnes) 33 201 19 Paper and paperboard (’000 tonnes) 77 598 26 Forest resources Land area (’000 ha) 313 187 Total forest area, 2000 (’000 ha) 115 685 Percentage of land under forest 36.9 Forest area per capita (ha) 0.3 Annual change in forest area, 1990-2000 - Thousand hectares 317 - Percentage 0.3 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) 789 27 340 19 869 38 732 55 Industrial roundwood (’000 m3) 13 169 1 072 553 16 42 051 3 380 880 40 Sawnwood (’000 m3) 30 021 6 848 781 29 36 786 9 842 302 39 Wood panels (’000 m3) 14 566 5 905 542 39 16 086 6 372 162 40 Pulp for paper (’000 tonnes) 7 792 3 515 436 26 14 421 7 242 329 46 Paper and paperboard (’000 tonnes) 44 348 36 925 871 53 37 885 30 604 696 44 International forest products trade: quantity and value, 1998 The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957. In 1993, the Treaty of Maastricht established the European Union (EU) as a broader framework which retained the EEC, now the European Community (EC), as a legal entity. The following countries are members: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The aims of the EC include the abolition of restrictive trading practices and the free movement of capital and labour within the union. A single market with free movement of goods and capital was established in January 1993. DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST SECTOR About one-third of the region is covered with forest, ranging from boreal to Mediterranean scrub forest. About 70 percent of the forests are located in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France and Germany. Although the EC has only 3 percent of the world’s forest area, it is a leading producer of wood-based products, in particular paper and panels. It is a major trader, accounting for 42 and 40 percent of the value of world exports and imports of wood-based products, respectively. Sweden, Finland, Germany, France and Austria are among the world’s top ten exporters of forest products, and Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium and Luxembourg are among the top ten importers