Published at the end of September, the study Production of Vegetal Extraction and Silviculture (PEVS) 2021, by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) indicated growth in silvicultural production in Brazil, from 2020 to 2021.

The value of forestry production (which includes native and planted trees) reached a record of R$ 30.1 billion, with an increase of 27.1% and production in 4,884 municipalities. The value of silviculture production, which takes into account only planted forests, continues to exceed that of plant extraction, which has occurred since the year 2000. 2019) with an increase of 26.1%, reaching R$ 23.8 billion in 2021.

“Forest products appreciated a lot in 2021. This increase is related to the rise in the dollar and also to the return of industrial production. The most expressive increase occurred in the value of forest production (27.1%). Of this amount, a large part (79.3%) comes from silviculture, or planted forests, while vegetal extraction accounts for 20.7%”, analyzes Carlos Alfredo Guedes, manager of Agriculture at IBGE.

He explains that, every year, the participation of silviculture in the sector’s production value grows, and that of plant extractivism drops. This does not mean that plant extraction is decreasing, but that the value of forestry products is increasing.