OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2010. Belarus’ woodworking, paper and pulp-making companies’ output last year increased 14.1% on the year in January-September 2009 to 3.088 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br), an official with the National Statistics Committee told.

Wood veneer output rose 20.8% to 133,400 cubic meters, and sawn lumber production increased 7.3% to 722,100 cubic meters.

Fiberboard output rose 12.1% year-on-year to 29.5 million equivalent square meters, and chip wood board production went up 7.2% to 234,000 equivalent cubic meters.

Furniture output increased 15.9% to 1.114 trillion rubles in monetary terms.

Inventories of woodworking, paper and pulp-making companies amounted to 267.3 billion rubles on October 1, 2010.