Cheaper wood imports from Chile and an increasing demand for substitute products such as perling and gypsum are some of the reasons for the decline in local production.
Figures from the National Forestry Office indicate that the area planted with forest plantations went from"... between 130,000 and 140,000 hectares in the best years of the late 1990s to the just about 60,000 hectares currently estimated."The entry of Chilean wood at lower cost and the preference for synthetics, which are also cheaper, is affecting the performance of the local forestry sector."
The National Forestry Bureau of Costa Rica is to launch a digital platform for marketing forest products.
According to an article in Elfinancierocr.com "The platform www (dot) mercadoforestal (dot) cr, which will be launched on Thursday May 30 by the National Forestry Office (ONF), is the result of a study which determined the existence of an inadequate process for sales of timber in which intermediaries are the most favored and not direct manufacturers and producers. This page can be accessed from now. "