ANÁLISE DO ASPECTO PRODUTIVO DAS INDÚSTRIAS MADEIREIRAS DE PROCESSAMENTO PRIMÁRIO DA REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE BELÉM

Abstract

The industries of the primary processing of wood have great importance in the Amazon socioeconomic, generating numerous benefits in the regions where they operate. The aim of this study was to describe the main characteristics of the production in the metropolitan region of Belém City (RMB), Pará State, as size, number of employees, forest species used, main machinery and high operational efficiency. For this, the number of industries has been obtained with the competent environmental authorities to conduct a voluntary non-probability sampling. We reached on a sample of 19 companies located in RMB. It was used as a research tool semi-structured interviews, and on-site observations. The data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and Student t test. It was found 18 small sawmills and only one of medium size. There is an average of 43 employees and a total of 811. The industries use an average of 11 forest species, in its production process, and the main ones are Jatoba (Hymenaea L.) Maçaranduba (Manilkara huberi Ducke). The main machines used are the saw blade and circular and “destopadeira”. The age of this machinery ranges from 11 to 20 years. These companies consume an amount of 230,100 cubic meters of logs annually and have an average operating income of 52%. We conclude that the industries use a large number forest species that combined with high age of the machinery can contribute to lower operating income.