Longgena Ginting*

The timber processing industry has been growing at a tremendous rate, as has the pulp and rayon industry. For domestic consumption alone, 51.1 million cubic meters are needed, leaving 48.9 million cubic meters for export.

With imports totaling 21.9 million cubic meters, Indonesian forests annually supply 78.1 million cubic meters of timber. Of the national output, only 21.4 million cubic meters are officially derived fro