Statistics

12.12.2007

  • According to the annual reports of the Slovenian wood processing companies, almost 18,369 workers were employed in the wood processing industry (DD20, 36.1) in the year 2006.
  • The total revenue generated by the wood processing industry in the year 2006 amounted to approximately EURO 1.114 billion.
  • The value added per employee in the wood-processing&furniture industry amounted to EUR 19.784 and in DN36.1 Furniture amounted to EUR 18.136 in the year 2006.
  • The share of the number of companies (DD 20 and DD 36.1) in the total numbers of companies in Slovenia in the year 2005 accounted for a 1.9 percent share, while the share of employed workers in the wood processing industry accounted for a 3.8 percent share in the total number of employed workers.


              
Slovenian wood manufacturers are net exporters. In 2006 direct exports of the Slovenian wood-processing&furniture industry (DD 20 and DN 36.1 - manufacture of furniture) amounted to EUR 625 million and the imports to EUR 295 million.
 
The top ten exporting countries for the Slovenian wood processing industry in the year 2006 include: Italy, Germany, Croatia, Austria, USA, Great Britain, France, Scwitzerland, Bosnia&Hercegovina, Sweden.
 
Table 1:  Major export partners, 2005

Country

Export 2006(value in 000 EUR)

1. ITALY

130.144

2. GERMANY

116.180

3. CROATIA

81.163

4. AUSTRIA

51.444

5. USA

46.230

6. GEAT BRITAIN

29.185

7. FRANCE

21.412

8. SWITZERLAND

17.047

9. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

12.345

10. SWEDEN

11.792


Source: Statistical Office of the RS, CCI Slovenia

Among the most important economic groups taking part in the exchange of goods in the wood-processing&furniture industry are the following: EU member states, states of former Yugoslavia, non-European member states of OECD, EFTA countries and other European countries ina development (including DD 20 and DN 36.1).

    

The top ten importing countries for the Slovenian wood processing industry in the year 2005 were the following: Italy, Germany, Austria, Croatia, , Bosnia and Hercegovina, Slovakia, Serbia, Hungary, Schwitzerland and Czech Republic.

    

Table 2: Major import partners, 2006

 

Country

Import 2006
(value in 000 EUR)

1.ITALY

80.801

2.GERMANY

80.130

3.AUSTRIA

41.273

4.CROATIA 

26.391

5.BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

12.368

6.SLOVAKIA 

7.252

7.SERBIA

6.539

8.HUNGARY

5.618

9.SWITZERLAND

4.611

10.CZECH REPUBLIC

4.459

 

Source: Statistical Office of the RS, CCI Slovenia

 

Author: Furniture and Wood Processing Association