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Pevs 2017: silviculture and wild-crop harvesting reach R$ 19.1 billion and increase 3.4% over 2016

September 20, 2018 10h00 AM | Last Updated: September 25, 2018 06h37 PM

The value of silviculture and wild-crop harvesting amounted to R$ 19.1 billion in 2017, recording an increase (for the second consecutive year) of 3.4% against the figure in 2016. 

Silviculture (production from planted forests) accounted for 77.3% (R$ 14.8 billion) of the total, representing an increase of 5.0% in the production valua against the figure in 2016. Wild-crop harvesting (production from native woods and forests) accounted for 22.7% (R$ 4.3 billion), and fell (for the second time in a row) by 1.9% over the previous year. 

In silviculture, production of wood for the pulp and paper industry was responsible fot the increased value of production in 2017 (R$ 5.1 billion). The South and Southeast accounted for 62.3% of the value of production of silviculture, with a predominance in the sector of planted forests. 

Also regarding silviculture, Paraná had the highest value of production (R$ 3.7 billion) and Mato Grosso do Sul was a highlight with an increase of 30.4%, thus surpassing the figure of R$ 1.0 billion. The municipality of Três Lagoas, in Mato Grosso do Sul, led the national ranking of value of production  (R$ 387.5 million).

In terms of wild-crop harvesting, wood products represented 64.1% of the value of production and decreased 2.7% in the year. Logged wood reached the biggest production value (R$ 1.9 billion) among wood products.

Acai berry was a highlight among non-wood products, with a hike of 10.5% in its value of production over 2016. Yerba mate also recorded an increase (6.4%) against the previous year. The amount of Brazil nuts recorded a decrease (-24.4%).

In order to monitor these activities, the 2017 edition of the Forestry Activities Survey (PECS) investigated 37 products from wild crop-harvesting and seven from silviculture in all Brazilian municipalities. The survey presents information on production changes and spatial distribution of wood and non-wood products. In addition, it indicates the contribution of wild crop harvesting and silviculture to the value of forestry prodution. The support material for this survey can be found on the right of the page. 

Value of production of silviculture records increase 

In 2017, the value of production of silviculture (R$ 14.8 billion) recorded an increase against the figure of 2016 (RS 14.1 billion), which represented the second increase in a row. The group, which includes the production of wood directed to the pulp and paper industry generated the highest value in 2017 (R$ 5.1 billion). Although there was increase of volume by 3.0% against 2017, that figure represents a decrease of 1.8% in relation to 2016, due to the increase of the stocks of planted forests and the bigger supply of wood in the market. 

The biggest increment in the value of production was observed in the group wood for other ends (production directed to shipbuilding, the furniture industry, civil construction, laminate floor, lampposts and gateposts, among others), which recorded an increase of 16.6% in the year, reaching R$ 4.5 billion.

The sector of wood for energy purposes, which accounts for the production of charcoal and firewood, recovery the value of production after two years of decrease. The volume of charcoal produced in 2017, although 0.8% lower than in the previous year, recorded an increase of 4.2% in the value of production, reaching R$ 2,6 billion. The production of firewood increased 4.1%, as well as its value of production (1.8%).

Production of wood for pulp and paperin Paraná records increase

Paraná registered the highest value of output of national silviculture (R$ 3.3 billion), with an increase of 8.6% in the year, and surpassed the value of production of Minas Gerais (R$ 3.2 billion). The production of logwood for other purposes is also responsible for the biggest amount of the silviculture production in the state of Paraná (R$ 1.5 billion). Nevertheless, the highlight in the state was the increase (15.6%) in the value of production of logwood for pulp and paper, stimulated by the ecent expansion of the industrial plant directed to the production of these items. 

Minas Gerais remains as a highlight in terms of charcoal production in the country, with a total value of production of R$ 2.1 billion and increase of 7.4%. In 2017, Mato Grosso do Sul recorded an increase of 30.4% in the value of production of silviculture (surpassing R$ 1.0 billion), and was in the seventh position among the states in this segment. The municipality of Três Lagoas (R$ 387. 5 million) , which led the national ranking of silviculture production is also located in Mato Grosso do Sul.

Eucalyptus is predominant in planted forests in the country

In the country, 95.8% of the areas of planted forests for commercial purposes are dedicated to eucalyptus and pine. The areas of eucalyptus amount to 7.4 million hectares, which represents 75.2% of the total. 

Minas Gerais still has the biggest area of forest species planted in Brazil, with almost 2 million hectares, being the majority of it of eucalyptus. Paraná has the second biggest area of planted forests, with 1.6 million hectares, 56.4% of which are directed to the production of pine.

Mato Grosso do Sul has the biggest number of municipalities among the ten with the biggest areas of planted foress in the country. The southern municipalities of Três Lagoas and Ribas do Rio Pardo had the biggest forest areas planted in the country, with 245 thousand hectares and 215 thousand hectares, repectively, followed by the municipality of Telêmaco Borba, in Paraná, with 159 thousand hectares - with a prdominance of eucalyptus. 

Wild crop harvesting faces decrease (-1.9%) and the production of wood declines 2.7%

In 2017, the activity of wild crop harvesting recorded decrease once again (-1.9%) in the value of production, reaching R$ 4.3 billion in the year. Out of the nine groups of products that form wild crop harvesting in the survey, seven recorded decrease. The highlight was wood products, which represented 64.1% of the value of activity and recorded a decrease of 2.7% in the year. The extraction of wood has been gradually replaced by the production from planted forests. 

Logged wood registered the highest value of production (R$ 1.9 billion) among wood products, with firewood (R$ 541.0 million) and charcoal (R$ 317.2 million) in second and third places  Against 2016, the values of production of these two products decreased 13.9% and 19.4%, respectively. 

Wild crop harvesting of acai and yerba mate rises again 

The group of food products, the second biggest one in terms of value of production of wild crop harvesting, in spite of the decrease in the volume of important products, recorded increase in value of production (7.3%). Acai had the biggest participation in the result of Food products and recorded increase in production, after the decrease of lçat year. In 2017, the national output was 219,885 metric tons, a volume 2.0% above that of he previous period. That led to an increase of 10.5% in the value of production (R$596.8 million) of acai.

The North Region concentrates most of the acai production, with Pará and Amazonas acounting for 87.5% of the total. In the ranking of the 20 biggest municipal producers, except for Nova Olinda do Maranhão (17th), in Maranhão, all the municipalities belong to those two states. Limoeiro do Ajuru, in Pará, remains as the leader in terms of wild crop acai, accounting , alone, for 18.2% of the overall volume.

The wild crop harvesting of native yerba mate, in the South Region, had a value of production of R$ 423.9 million, with an increase of 6.4% against the previous year. In Paraná are located the ten municipalities that reached the biggest outpu in 2017, the main highlight being São Mateus do Sul, which remains as the biggest national producer (18.9% of the country's overall production).

Currently, the biggest vlumes of acai and yerba mate produced in Brazil come from planted areas, which are annually surveyed by the Municipal Agricultural Survey (PAM). The 2017 edition of this survey was released on September 13 (see the release).

Irregular occurence of rainfall in 2016 damaged the production of Brazil nut 

Among the food products with the highest value of production in 2017, Brazil nut hfaced the most significant decrease in production. The activity was affected by the change in water regimes of the Amazon area, still in 2016. As a result, there was decrease of 24.4% in the volume of Brazil nut obtained from wild crop harvesting, amounting to 26,191 metric tons in 2017. That decrease led to a rise of prices paid to the producer, which made up fot the decrease in vaue of production (5,4%) in a total R$ 104.1 million. The municipality of Humaitá, in Amazonas, remains as the leader of the ranking, and accounts for 12.5% of the national production. 


 Summary Table - Amount produced and percent change of wild-crop harvesting and silviculture, by main products - Brazil - 2017
Products Amount produced change (%) Value of production change (%)
cubic meters (m³) metric ton (t) thousand reais
2017 2017 2017
Wild crop harvesting 33,853,003 1,167,850 - 4,345,093 -1.9%
(I) Rubber - 1,042 -13.6% 3,995 -4.3%
Rubber tree - - - - -
Pará rubber tree
    (rubber cuplump)
- 1,032 -14.1% 3,918 -5.4%
Pará rubber tree
    (liquid latex)
- 10 150.0% 77 148.4%
(II) Non-elastic rubber  - 1 -66.7% 2 -94.3%
Sorvice tree fruit - 1 0.0% 2 0.0%
(III) Waxes - 20,566 4.7% 210,324 -0.6%
Carnauba (wax) - 1,157 -31.3% 13,331 -44.9%
Carnauba (powder) - 19,409 8.1% 196,986 5.1%
Other waxes - 1   7  
(IV) Fibers - 12,305 -74.1% 22,245 -79.7%
Buriti - 491 11.3% 2,546 13.2%
Carnauba - 1,431 27.2% 3,199 32.7%
Piassava - 9,766 -78.6% 15,496 -85.1%
Other - 617 82.0% 1,004 4.7%
(V) Tanning products - 40 -64.6% 65 -61.5%
Angico (bark)  - 39 -58.9% 51 -59.8%
Stryphnodendron (bark)  - 0 -100.0% 1 -96.4%
Other - 0   14 0.0%
(VI) Oil seeds    - 58,238 -14.9% 115,919 0.1%
Babaçu (almond) - 54,330 -11.8% 95,814 0.0%
Copaíba (oil) - 171 3.6% 3,801 0.3%
Baru (almond) - 151 4.1% 3,638 -10.2%
Licuri (coconut) - 1,092 -71.2% 1,359 -63.7%
Oiticica (seed) - 6 -14.3% 7 0,0%
Pequi (almond) - 986 -33.0% 3,357 -16.9%
Tucum (almond) - 478 3.5% 1,261 2,9%
Other - 1,024 23.5% 6,682 109.2%
(VII) Food products - 648,901 1.4% 1,205,966 7.3%
Acai (berry) - 219,885 2.0% 596,768 10.5%
Cashew nut - 1,715 -3.4% 5,479 12.0%
Brazil nut     - 26,191 -24.4% 104,147 -5.4%
Yerba mate - 354,398 2.3% 423,907 6.4%
Mangaba (fruit) - 1,022 9.3% 2,732 28.3%
 Heart of palm - 4,350 2.1% 14,625 -8.7%
Pequi (fruit) - 21,433 23.9% 20,650 39.8%
Pine nut - 9,293 20.0% 22,956 2.5%
Umbu (fruit) - 7,465 -11.0% 7,760 -30.5%
Other - 3,150 23.9% 6,942 64.2%
(VIII) Aromatic, medicinal, toxic and dying products    - 357 -23.6% 1,229 -25.5%
Ipecacuanha (root) - 1 0.0% 103 25.6%
Jaborandi (leaf) - 192 -16.2% 775 -15.8%
Annatto (seed) - 23 15.0% 51 27.5%
Other - 142 -34.9% 300 -50.6%
(IX) Woods 33,763,185 426,401 -21.6% 2,785,347 -2.7%
Charcoal - 426,401 -21.6% 317,216 -19.4%
(1) Firewood 21,520,156 - -14.0% 540,994 -13.9%
(1) Logged wood 12,232,762 - 6.8% 1,925,506 4.7%
(1) Pine nut 10,267 - 12.0% 1,631 21.8%
Fonte: IBGE, Produção da Extração Vegetal e da Silvicultura 2017
(1) Quantidade declarada em m³.

 

Summary Table - AMount and value of silviculture products  silvicultura, by main products - Brazil - 2017
Products Amount produced  change (%) Value of production (thousand reais) change (%)
cubic meters (m³) metric tons (t) thousand reais
2017 2017 2017
Silviculture 195,350,621 5.256,918 - 14,800,591.7 5.0%
Woods 195,350,621 4,917,633 - 14,440,470.8 5.0%
Charcoal - 4,917,633 -0.8% 2,570,115.6 4.2%
(1) Firewood 55,524,110 - 4.1% 2,284,268.2 1.8%
(1) Logged wood for pulp and paper 87,739,560 - 3.0% 5,119,110.6 -1.8%
(1) Logged wood for other purposes 52,086,951 - 7.2% 4,466,976.4 16.6%
Other products - 339,285 - 360,120.9 8.4%
Black wattle bark - 136,718 -30.2% 30,071.5 -29.4%
Eucalyptus leaves - 81,487 112.8% 4,915.5 114.1%
Resin - 121,080 12.1% 325,133.9 13,2%
Source: IBGE, Produção da Extração Vegetal e da Silvicultura 2017
(1) Measured in m³.