Outlook for 2018
Numerous measures to increase production capacity and yield have already been initiated. For example, we expect harvest volumes to be around 10 % higher and production and sales volumes to be around 15 % higher. Thanks to investment loans from a local bank, we will invest in road construction and forestry machinery in addition to smaller investments in the sawmill. These measures are intended to increase our productivity and result in a positive business result.
Our ambition continues to be to gain a foothold in the local Brazilian market with sustainably produced sawn timber products. We are committing substantial resources for this purpose. We are currently still dependent on the export markets and therefore on long-term partnerships in our traditional European and increasingly also Asian countries.
Key figures for Precious Woods Amazon
| 2017 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | ||||||||
| Sales sawn and industrialized wood | in m3 | 22 300 | 24 200 | –7.9% | ||||
| whereof export | in m3 | 17 700 | 20 500 | –13.7% | ||||
| Sales logs and piles | in m3 | – | – | |||||
| Sales biomass | in m3 | 81 700 | 107 500 | –24.0% | ||||
| Harvest volume | in m3 | 129 600 | 124 400 | 4.2% | ||||
| Net sales | in EUR million | 9.9 | 10.6 | –6.6% | ||||
| Operating result | in EUR million | 0.1 | 1.2 | –91.7% | ||||
| Environmental | ||||||||
| Energy consumption | in GJ | 43 000 | 44 500 | –3.4% | ||||
| Direct CO2 emissions | in t | 2 000 | 2 300 | –13.0% | ||||
| FSC share of timber production sold | in % | 100 | 100 | – | ||||
| Social indicators | ||||||||
| Employees (yearly average) | 499 | 480 | 4.0% | |||||
| Women | in % | 12.0 | 11.1 | 8.1% | ||||
| Accidents at work | 19 | 107 | –82.2% | |||||
| Days lost per accident | 8.3 | 4.8 | 72.9% |