Die Eiche im Holzaufkommen und Außenhandel

Abstract

From 1969 to 1989, on the average 1.4 million cubic metres of oak timber were cut annually in the Federal Republic of Germany. This corresponds to only 5 percent of the domestic roundwood production. In the past 20 years there has been a decreasing trend in tutting oak in the country, while the import of oak timber has increased: the import of oak logs doubled in the past 20 years, the import of oak sawn timber increased even fourfold. France and the USA are the most important countries exporting oak timber. However, the growing imports do not compensate entirely the decreased domestic cutting. Thus the consumption of oak wood has decreased in the past 20 years. The restrictions on the imports of tropical timber and the rising popularity of light-coloured, domestic timber are expected to lead to an increasing demand for oak timber in the nineties.