Wooden House Exports Ignite in 2011 (4)

Published: 22.02.2012 14:11

Photo: Pärnu Postimees/Scanpix

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Last year brought increased fortune to the nation's prefabricated wooden house industry, with exports totaling 170 million euros, an increase of nearly 24 percent from the year prior.

The lion's share of the export ended up in Norway, which accounted for 50.6 million euros of the total and saw 6.3 percent increase from 2010, according to a statement from the Woodhouse Association.

After Norway, the largest takers of Estonian-produced log houses, prefab frame houses and modular homes were Germany and France, which brought in 34 million euros and 14.3 million euros, respectively.

Wood product exports from Estonia totaled 1.4 billion euros last year, the association said, with furniture accounting for the biggest share at 225 million euros.

 

Steve Roman

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Comments (4)

  • RevalRon

    22.02.2012 15:31

    Headline writers delete English language rules!

  • treelover

    22.02.2012 16:00

    Is this large scale cutting of trees not considered as a problem by the goverment or say the EU region?

  • @treelover

    22.02.2012 21:08

    Dude, the country is nearly 50% forested. There is enough wood here to build a major city. This article also flies in the face of those who think Estonia produces or exports nothing.

  • Mart Mang

    22.02.2012 22:14

    The forest is a reusable source, if done proprely...