+385 53 588 255 Lika-Senj County - Invest in Croatia - Lika

Development Agency of
Lika-Senj County – LIRA,
lira@gs.t-com.hr
www.lsz-lira.hr
tel.: +385 53 588 255
fax.: +385 53 588 288
WOOD INDUSTRY the most important industry in Lika Senj County!
Tradition and recognisable quality in Lika Senj County!
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS:
Available location in the Republic of Croatia, the door to the market of Southeast
Europe,
Excellent transport links - highways, railways, harbors, near airport
Good community infrastructure (roads, sewerage, drainage, telecommunications
networks, broadband internet, gas - coming soon)
Great availability of natural resources - quality wood as raw material for several
processing stages in the wood processing industry
Built infrastructure for entrepreneurs and business zones
Competitive workforce, the average net wage is lower than the average in
Croatia,
Above-average profitability of the activities of the timber relative to the average
of the county economy
Existence of adequate supply of labor for the timber industry
Existence of opportunities for additional education
Existence of unused capacity in the processing timber industry
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Table 1. Wood industry in Lika Senj County
Year
Index
2010/2009
2009
2010
Share in Lika Senj
County processing
industry
2009
2010
No. of enterprises
23
26
113,0
4.2
4.1
No. of employees
287
217
75,6
6.4
4.8
Revenues(000 €)
9.014
9.924
110,1
4.3
4.5
Total expenses(000 €)
9.175
11.586
126,3
4.4
5.2
Profit (000 €)
458
245
53,5
4.2
1.9
Average net salary €
390
405
103,0 -
-
Source: www.fina.hr
The share of wood industry in the export of processing industry in Lika-Senj County is 47.8%, and
39.1% in import.
Major export markets: Italy, Serbia, Germany, Slovenia, Egypt.
The main export products: beech and fir sawn timber and wood elements, intermediate furniture,
beech railway sleepers, wood pellets, a traditional wooden house made of logs.
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The share of wood industry in total manufacturing industry of Lika-Senj County by the number of
employees is 36.2%, while the share in total revenue is 32.1% and the proportion in total
expenditure is 30.9%.
The share of wood industry in the overall economy of the Lika-Senj County by the number of
employees is 7.1%, and according to the criteria of total revenues and total expenditures is about
5% (4.9% or 5.1%).
The share of processing wood and wood products and cork, except furniture manufacturing
industry in total revenue is around 29.22% (9 million EUR).
Graph 1 : Labour productivity, measured by total revenue per employee
Source: www.fina.hr
In the Croatia wood industry it is noticeable the increase in productivity of 0.4% while the wood
processing industry of the County recorded a significantly higher rate of growth of labor
productivity in the timber industry average of 3.1% per year which is above the average annual
growth rate of total economy labor productivity of Croatia and the County and the Croatian wood
processing industry.
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Graph 2.Export/import of LIka Senj County wood industry
Source: www.hgk.hr
ADVANTAGES FOR THE WOOD INDUSTRY IN LIKA SENJ COUNTY
1. NATURE BASE
-- FORESTRY
The forests of Velebit, Pljesivice and Kapela belonging to the
Lika-Senj County represent raw material for the county timber.
The total forest area is 306 750 ha. Economic forests are
located on the surface of 84.49%, 3.02% are protected forests,
and 9.49% are forests for special purposes.
The total annual increment is about 1.1 million m3, the
permissible annual volume amounted to approx. 650 000 m3,
and the average annual cut down about 450 000 m3. (because
of poor of forest accessibility).
The average timber mass is 121 m3/ha and is lower than
the Croatian average (250 m3/ha (because 67% of the forest is
located on karst).
Most of the forests are national forests - 95.5%. They are
managed by the state company Croatian Forests, and 4% are
managed by the national parks.
Forestry sector in the County employs 650 permanent
workers and seasonally employs about 200 workers.
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2. THE EXISTENCE OF ENTERPRISES IN WOOD INDUSTRY (MANY INSTALLED SAWMILL
CAPACITY) WHICH CAN BE USED AS COOPERANTS AND MOTIVATION FOR THE
PRODUCTION
(26 companies, 10 crafts)
3. TRADITION IN WOOD INDUSTRY AND RECOGNIZABLE E PRODUCTS
Wood industry Lika-Senj County is one of the most traditional economic activities in the
county, and export orientation suggests the recognition of quality in the international
market
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4. EDUCATED AND MOTIVATED PEOPLE
Table 2. Structure of unemployment by level of education in Lika Senj County
Graduate, post
graduate (Msc,
PhD)
Share (%)
High school,
Undergraduate
10.7
Vocational schools,
secondary schools (3
and 4 years)
7.1
Primary
school and
lower
65.4
TOTAL
16.8
100,0
Source: www.hzz.hr, www.dzs.hr
There are excellent possibilities for retraining and additional training through the Vocational
School Gospic, High School Otočac and Public Open Unoversities in Gospić, Otočac and Senj.
The average monthly net salary per employee in the wood industry in Lika-Senj County was 490
EUR and was 18.4% lower than the average monthly net salary per employee in Croatia.
Table 3. WOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES IN LIKA SENJ COUNTY
Company name
Adress
Contact
Activity
COSEPI-INO-HOLZ d.o.o.
cosepi-inoholz@gs.htnet.hr
BB-TRANS d.o.o.
Ive Senjanina 27
53220 Otočac
tel. 53 771402, 771
fax. +385 53 771442
Petra Zoranića bb
53220 Otočac
tel./fax. +385 53 771632
Branko Burić, direktor
Proizvodnja piljene građe; osim
nesastavljenoga materijala za podove;
impregnacija drva.
pilanski proizvodi
BUKVA d.o.o.
Bjelopolje bb
53230 Korenica
tel./fax. +385 53 753002
Blago Sabljo
pilanski proizvodi
DIČ d.o.o.
Kaniža 67
53000 Gospić
Mile Bubaš, direktor
pilanski proizvodi
DRVOPROMET SAMARŽIJA
d.o.o.
Žuta Lokva bb
pilanski proizvodi
DRVOREZ INO d.o.o.
Ive Senjanina 27/1
53220 Otočac
DRVOSTIL d.o.o.
Ive Senjanina 27
53220 Otočac
IM COMMERCE d.o.o.
Jezerane 3
53260 Brinje
JURAJ DRVO d.o.o.
Sveti Juraj bb
53284 Sveti Juraj
KULA-PROMET d.o.o.
Krasno bb
53274 Krasno Polje
MOĆO d.o.o.
Ličko Lešće 244/c
53224 Ličko Lešće
tel.+385 53 741022
fax. +385 53 741023
Miroslav Samaržija, direktor
tel. +385 53 771402
fax. +385 53 771442
Božo Matasić, direktor
tel. +385 53 746192,
771402
fax. +385 53 771442
Severo Piantoni, direktor
tel. +385 53 793093
fax. +385 53 793200
Mate Holjevac, direktor
tel.053/883095
fax 053/883095
Franjo Mihelčić, direktor
tel. +385 53 851077
fax. +385 53 851087
Branko Samardžija, direktor
tel./fax. +385 53 787316
Franjo Orešković, direktor
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MODERATOR d.o.o.
zeljko.lovrak@hgh.hr
Podudbina bb
53234 Udbina
tel./fax . +385 53 778681
Željko Lovrak, direktor
PERGAMENT d.o.o.
Bjelopolje bb
53230 Korenica
PILANA KRASNO d.o.o.
Krasno Polje bb
53274 Krasno Polje
tel. +385 53 753002
fax. +385 53 753002
Blago Sabljo, direktor
tel. +385 53 851122
fax. +385 53 851609
PROZORINA d.o.o.
Prozor 15
53220 Otočac
tel. +385 53 781087
fax. +385 53 781087
pilanski proizvodi
TIM – COMMERCE d.o.o.
Poljička 30
53220 Otočac
tel. +385 53 777253
fax. +385 53 777253
pilanski proizvodi
VIŠEVICA-KOMP d.o.o.
Kozjak 45
10 000 Zagreb
tel. +385 1 2346886,
053 679032
fax: +385 1 2346886,
053 679022
pilanski proizvodi
tel./fax +385 53 781111
pilanski proizvodi
tel. +385 53 793083
fax. +385 53 793410
pilanski proizvodi
Pogon u Perušiću
Kolodvorska bb
53202 Perušić
Prozor 180
53220 Otočac
VITAL d.o.o.
ZLATKO-COMMERCE d.o.o.
Jezerane 29
53260 Brinje
Proizvodnja peleta i kogeneracija
proizvodnje električne energije i
topline.
pilanski proizvodi
pilanski proizvodi
CONTACT:
Development Agency of Lika – Senj County – LIRA
Dr. F. Tuđmana 4, 53000 Gospić, Croatia
Contact person: Mr. Andrija Brkljačić, assistant director
tel: 385 53 588 255, fax: 385 53 588 288
andrija@lsz-lira.hr, www.lsz-lira.hr
Business: monday - friday 7:00 - 15:00
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