Much effort put into creating forests for raw materials
South Phyongan Province planted more than 1.6 million pine-nut trees, evodias and bamboo willows in the area of one thousand and hundreds of hectares.
North Phyongan Province directed efforts to creating oil-bearing and paper stock forests.
South Hwanghae Province planted trees in over 2,500 hectares of forests for raw materials. Other regions planted a lot of trees in forests for raw materials in spring.