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9 - ForestryTable 5. Contribution of forestry to LMB country exports (%)Share of total exportsCambodia Lao PDR Thailand* Viet Nam*1995 1999 1995 1999 1993 2000 1995 1998Forestry 69 16 39 29 0 0 3 2Note: “*” data are for the whole country rather than for just for the territory within the basin.Source: Thailand National Statistics Office 1997, 2001; Viet Nam General Statistical Office1999; IMF 2002a; IMF 2002bTable 6. Lower Mekong Basin industrial roundwood trade 1999ImportersCountry Cambodia Lao PDR Thailand* Viet Nam* Other TotalExportersCambodia X Little 1500 800 700 3000Lao PDR - X 300 100 100 500Thailand - - X - 500 500Viet Nam - - - X 500 500Other - - 3200 500 X 3700Total - Little 5000 1400 1800 8200Note: Units (1000s M 3 rwe per year) * data are for the whole country rather than for just for the territory within the basin.Source: updated from Castren 1999, cited in MRC 2000, p 18.1.3 Fuelwood collectionThe majority of people in the basin usewood or charcoal for cooking andboiling waterWhile commercial logging attracts the most attention asa source of pressure on LMB forest resources, fuelwoodcollection is also an important driver of demand for wood.In 1995, for example, Cambodia is estimated to havesupplied 95 percent of its energy requirements forcooking and boiling water with fuelwood. In Lao PDR,80 percent of cooking energy requirements are providedby fuelwood, and a substantial proportion of wood felledis for fuel, with a similar situation in Thailand and VietNam. 11 The cutting of mangroves for charcoal productionis also common in some regions. Because most fuelwoodis consumed by the collecting household rather thanentering the formal economy, it is difficult to ascertainthe quantities collected. 12 In Cambodia, for example,various estimates of fuelwood production for the mid1990s run between 6-11 million m 3 . 13 For Lao PDR, thegovernment estimates that about 12.7 million m 3 isgathered annually, although FAO figures are about halfthis level. 14 One estimate for Viet Nam suggests that ifconverted to its area equivalent, the quantity of fuelwoodgathered would account for six times as much harvesting189