• The joint turnover of the forestry-wood value chain in Galicia in 2021 was more than 2,500 million euros.
• The sector is made up of 3,000 companies that are distributed throughout the Galician geography, generating wealth, above all in less industrialized environments. In more than twenty counties, this industry is among the top three industrial sectors by employment generated.
• The forestry-wood value chain represents about 12% of industrial employment in Galicia. Much of this occurs in regions with a rural nature where it is one of the few industrialized activities.
• The volume of wood cut stands at 9.5 million cubic meters.
• Wood exports were close to 700 million euros last year.
• The wood and furniture industry accounts for about 1.6% of Galicia's GDP (according to IGE data).
THE WOOD INDUSTRY IN GALICIA
• Galicia is the ninth European forest power, leading the sector at a national level.
• 50% of the wood that is cut in Spain comes from the Galician mountains.
• The Galician wood industry represents about 1.6% of the community's GDP (data from the IGE).
• The sector accounts for about 12% of industrial employment in Galicia.
• Galicia has a pioneering industry in the development of products at a national and international level.
• This leadership extends to furniture and carpentry where Galicia has companies that are a benchmark in design and innovation.
THE WOOD INDUSTRY REACHES ITS BEST TURNOVER IN 2021 SINCE THERE ARE RECORDS
• In 2021, the joint turnover of the forestry-wood value chain in Galicia amounted to more than 2,500 million euros, the best figure since there is data, from 2006.
• In the community, around 10 million cubic meters of wood are cut annually, distributed in around 45,000 hectares each year, corresponding to 85,000 cadastral references.
• 77% of exports are destined for other countries of the European Union. In 2021, Galicia exported close to one million tons of raw wood, concentrating 33% of wood exports and 27% of pulp for the whole of Spain.
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| • According to the figures in the number of affiliations to the Social Security, the chain of the forestry and wood sector represented the average employment of more than 18,000 people. 48% of wage earners correspond to the wood industry; 25%, with forestry and forest exploitation; 19%, with the manufacture of furniture; and 8%, with the paper industry.
• The sector accounts for about 12% of industrial employment in Galicia. Much of this occurs in regions with a rural nature where it is one of the few industrial activities.
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