DefinePK

Abstract

ABSTRACT When Pakistan was created in 1947 hardly any plywood industry existed. An effort was made to develop this particular end use only as late as 1960. Currently ten units are working in different parts of the country. Out of these seven units are running below their installed capacity due to availability of suitable raw material in required quantity. The required data could not be had from the other three units as the owners were not prepared to give requisite information. The surveyed units are producing 428,000 sq.meter of plywood annually. The production cost per sq. meter is Rs.45 and the whole sale selling price is Rs. 50 leaving a very nominal profit margin of Rs. 5 per sq.m. The current annual consumption of wood is around 70,000m3; the projected demand of round-wood for the years 1990, 1995and 2000 is 107,000,144,000and 180,000m3 respectively.