Economic aggregates of the forestry and logging industry (excluding other industries)

In the extended Economic Accounts of Forestry, the forestry sector is depicted with its economic transactions. It contains key figures on the emergence and use of the production value of the forestry sector in million Euro.

EFA-table B 1 comprises 10 positions, each with further sub-positions:

1.	Total output (at basic prices)
2.	Total intermediate input
3.	Gross value added (at basic prices)
4.	Factor income
5.	Net operating surplus and mixed income
6.	Gross fixed capital for mation (excluding deductible VAT)
7.	Net fixed capital for mation (excluding deductible VAT)
8.	Changes in inventories
9.	Capital transfers (net)
10.	Total labour input (in 1000 AWU)

In the form of a macroeconomic calculation, in EFA-table B 1, the gross value added of the forestry sector is initially derived from the total output at basic prices and the total intermediate input. The net value added is calculated by deducting the consumption of fixed capital from the gross value added. The factor income is then calculated by deducting other taxes on production and other subsidies on production. By further deducting the compensation of employees, the operating surplus and mixed income is determined. Then, by deducting the balances from rents paid and received, leases and interest, the entrepreneurial income is calculated.

Production value of the forestry sector in million Euro (EFA Table B 1):
The production value is divided into the biological production (net increment), technical production (industrial roundwood and fuel wood), non-wood products (e.g. plant parts, wild edible products), services characteristic of forestry and timber harvesting (e.g. forest planning and mapping, logging) and other non-separable products from ancillary activities of the local kind-of activity-unit (KAU, e.g. services of national parks).

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Use of the production value of the forestry sector in million Euro (EFA Table B 1):
The use is made up of inputs, compensation of employees, net entrepreneurial income, depreciation and others (production taxes, subsidies, rents and interest).

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Publications

Seintsch B, Englert H, Dieter M (2020) Kalamitäten führen zu forstlichem "Rekordergebnis" : Ergebnisse der Forstwirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung 2018: Großer Produktionswert und hoher Unternehmensgewinn. Holz Zentralbl 146(27):506-507 PDF Dokument (nicht barrierefrei) 1884 KB
Rosenkranz L, Englert H, Seintsch B (2019) European forest accounts for Germany - Quality of data bases and accounting methods. Allg Forst Jagdzeitg 190(1-2):31-52,
Rosenkranz L, Englert H, Seintsch B (2018) Die Bewertung des Holzvorrats in der Waldgesamtrechnung. AFZ Wald 73(23):11-13 PDF Dokument (nicht barrierefrei) 216 KB
Rosenkranz, L (2018) Produktionswert der Forstwirtschaft leicht rückläufig. Ergebnisse der forstwirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung 2016. Holz-Zentralblatt 144 (17): 393
Rosenkranz L, Englert H, Jochem D, Seintsch B (2018) Methodenbeschreibung zum Tabellenrahmen der European Forest Accounts und Ergebnisse der Jahre 2014 und 2015: Abschlussbericht Teilprojekt 3. 2. revidierte Fassung. Braunschweig: Thünen-Institut, 86 p PDF Dokument

Methodology

The extended EAF, apart from a few additional details, mainly show the results of the Economic Accounts for Forestry (EAF). For this purpose, the results of the corresponding EAF positions are transferred directly to EFA-table B 1. This applies in particular to the individual items of intermediate consumption (excluding standing timber), compensation of employees, other taxes on production and subsidies, depreciation, individual items of gross fixed capital formation and public financing. Unlike in the EAF, however, the EFA also assesses the value of the used and unused increment. These values are listed in the EAF only for information purposes and are not included in the calculations.

The key data source for the calculation of the EAF and the extended EAF are the accounting results of the Forest Accountancy Data Network of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). They are collected annually in the participating state, communal and private forest enterprises with more than 200 hectares of wood ground area and extrapolated to the total German forest area. For the complementing determination and extrapolation of key figures for forest enterprises below 200 hectares, the recalculation of fellings of the Thünen-Institute has been the central data source since reporting year 2015 (Jochem et al 2015a, b). Other data sources include the machine inventory statistics of the Kuratorium für Forstwirtschaft (KWF), data on energy price development of the German Federal Statistical Office (StBA) and information on target prices and tariffs of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft forstlicher Lohnunternehmer Niedersachsen e.V. (AFL).