Supervisory Board approved RMK’s 2009 financial results 13.04
“Due to the
nadir in the timber market, RMK’s turnover last year declined; however, by managing
our costs we managed to grow our profit compared to the year before,” Aigar
Kallas, Chairman of RMK’s Management Board, commented on the results. In 2008,
RMK’s sales revenue was EEK 1.669 billion and profit EEK 110.7 million; thus,
in a year the sales turnover declined 25%, whereas the profit grew 35%.
In 2009,
RMK transferred into the national budget EEK 537.2 million of revenue from
ownership, on which EEK 142.8 million of income tax was paid. Last year, RMK
paid EEK 55.4 million in land tax.
RMK earned the
majority (EEK 955 million) of the EEK 1.251 billion in sales revenue from
timber sales. 2.36 million cubic metres of timber was sold at an average price
of EEK 514 per cubic metre. Of the sales volume, logs made up 46%, pulpwood 40%
and firewood 11%. The addition of a new product group included forest chips
produced from cutting waste and scrub, accounting for 3% of the total sales. In
2008, RMK sold 2.15 million cubic metres of felled timber, with the average
price reaching EEK 770 per square metre.
RMK forecasts
its 2010 sales revenue to be EEK 1.7 billion and profit EEK 210 million.
RMK is a
profit-making state agency established under the Forestry Act, aimed at the
sustainable and efficient management of the state forest. RMK grows
reforestation materials, organises forestry works, is engaged in the sale of
forest and timber and organises game upkeep. In addition, RMK creates opportunities
for hiking in nature and forest recreation in recreational areas,
Further
information:
Mati Polli
Chairman, Supervisory Board, RMK
Tel 504 6577
E-mail mati@sylvester.ee
Aigar
Kallas
Chairman, Management Board, RMK
Tel 676 7299, 528 1299
E-mail aigar.kallas@rmk.ee
