Perhutani aims to raise export revenue this year<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned forestry firm Perum Perhutani aims
\nat reaping Rp 243.3 billion (US$105.78 million) in export revenue
\nthis year, up 24 percent from the Rp 195.6 billion gained last
\nyear.<\/p>\n
Perhutani President Harnanto H.M. said yesterday the bigger
\nexports would be achieved by increasing product and service
\nquality, maintaining supplies and gaining higher prices.<\/p>\n
\"At the same time we will improve the quality of our human
\nresources and scientific skills,\" Harnanto said at the opening of
\nPerhutani's annual plenary meeting at the Manggala Wanabhakti
\nbuilding.<\/p>\n
The meeting was officially opened by Minister of Forestry
\nDjamaludin Suryohadikusumo, who was accompanied yesterday by
\nDirector General of Forest Utilization Titus Sarijanto.<\/p>\n
Harnanto said 71 percent of Perhutani's export receipts came
\nfrom the sales of finished teak and other timber, and the
\nremaining 29 percent from nonwood forest products such as gum
\nresin and turpentine.<\/p>\n
Perhutani, founded in 1972, currently manages some 2.5 million
\nhectares of forests on Java, most of which are teak plantations.<\/p>\n
The company, which has teak and pine plantations as its core
\nbusiness, earns 70 percent of its total revenue from the sales of
\nteakwood.<\/p>\n
Seventy-two percent of the revenue from teakwood sales come
\nfrom the domestic market and the remaining 28 percent from
\nexports.<\/p>\n
Up to 86 percent of the revenue from the domestic market was
\ngenerated by the sales of teak logs and the remaining 14 percent
\nby the sales of processed wood and nonwood forest products.<\/p>\n
Gum resin contributes the most to Perhutani's revenue from
\nnonwood-forestry products. Gum resin production last year reached
\n51,814 tons.<\/p>\n
Perhutani's teakwood production last year reached 872,482
\ncubic meters and its forest timber production reached 1.1 million
\ncubic meters, 66 percent of which consisted of pinewood.<\/p>\n
Harnanto said yesterday Perhutani was currently facing threats
\nfrom timber thieves. Last year, 88 percent of the company's total
\nlosses were caused by illegal logging. Most of the remaining 12
\npercent loss resulted from damage to young trees.<\/p>\n
Harnanto said Perhutani's forest security patrols last year
\nmanaged to salvage stolen and smuggled timber worth up to Rp 2.8
\nbillion. (pwn)<\/p>",
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