BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE
A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
The paper compares the economic performance of Eucalyptus camaldulensis plantations of different ages. The price ofsawn timber per cubic metre was found to be Tk. 4,076 to 8,828 (1 USS = 48.71 Tk.). The fuelwood was usually sold at a price ranging from Tk. 915 to 1,677 per ton. The staking, felling and logging costs were Tk. 864, 686 and 1,431 per hectare respectively. The IRRs were 22.87, 20.66,20.57, 39.13, 27.58, 12.67 and 59.81% for Dinajpur (rural Charkai), Dinajpur (urban Charkai),Sylhet(Chawtali), Sylhet(Lawachara),Tangail(Charaljani), Mymemsingh
(Santoshpur) and Cox’s Bazar (Chainda) respectively at 10 years rotations. For Dinajpur and Tangail, the NPVs were found to be negative for the 5th, 6th and 7th rotation ages.
