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El Salvador
Index
El Salvador's forestry industry developed rapidly after 1969,
when the "Football War" cut off shipments of lumber from
Honduras, a primary supplier
(see The 1969 War with Honduras
, ch.
1). The lumber industry was encouraged by the developing paper
and wood pulp production industries and the ongoing traditional
furniture industry. By the mid-1980s, however, El Salvador was
once again highly dependent on wood imports. Lumber imports in
1985 totaled US$36.7 million, compared with US$13 million in
1974, while lumber exports reached US$6.6 million in 1985,
compared with only US$400,000 in 1974.
Data as of November 1988
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