Brazil

Precious Woods Amazon – increased productivity and profitability

PW Amazon’s net sales amounted to EUR 13.0 million, 31.9 % above the previous year’s figure of EUR 9.9 million. Export sales increased by 35.4 %, and deliveries of biomass for the energy plant were 17.6 % lower than in the previous year. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounted to EUR 1.6 million (previous year: EUR 0.1 million), which corresponds to a margin of 12.4 %. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted to EUR 1.2 million (previous year: EUR -0.3 million). This corresponds to an increase of EUR 1.5 million over the previous year’s period. Without one-off charges, which arose from the years 2008-2013 but had to be posted in the reporting year, the results would be EUR 1 million higher.