Wood Used in Indian Industries

'Annual Survey of Industries' published by the Central Statistical Organisation of the Govt. of India is a potention source of statistical information on the utilisation pattern of wood in one sector of the Indian economy-the manufacturing sector. The information from 1964-ASI (Census part) has been compild and presented here. It is estimated that the total apparent consumption of roundwood raw material equivalent in 1964 was 4.416 million cubic metres in the 'large scale' sector of Indian Industries. Of this 43.10% was used as fuel, 21.15% as packaging material and the balance of 36.75% as basic raw material for wood based and other industries taken together. Suggestions have been made for improvement of the data base.