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Table 8 Effect of the utilisation of planted forests on consumer surplus and producer surplus in 2009.

From: Assessing the impact of planted forests on the global forest economy

Region

Difference in consumer

surplus

Difference in producer surplus

Total benefit to industry

 

(10 9 US$)

Planted forests

(10 9 US$)

Natural

Forests

(10 9 US$)

All Forests

(10 9 US$)

(10 9 US $)

(US$ ha -1 y -1 )

(US $ ha -1 ) 1

Africa

21.4

3.1

-11.6

-8.5

12.9

858

28609

North/Central America

15.5

4.6

-10.6

-6.0

9.6

252

8400

South America

9.5

1.7

-7.4

-5.7

3.9

334

11130

Asia

43.1

12.1

-17.9

-5.8

37.2

307

10241

Oceania

1.1

0.5

-1.6

-1.1

0

-1

-28

Europe2

16.8

8.7

-11.8

-3.1

13.7

199

6639

  Eu-27 countries

12.7

7.1

-6.2

0.9

13.6

319

10647

World

107.6

30.6

-60.8

-30.2

77.4

300

10003

  1. 1Present value of a constant future stream of the same amount at a real interest rate of 3% per year.
  2. 2Geographical Europe defined as in FAO (2012), includes the Russian Federation. EU-27 countries are defined as in European Commission (2014).