ABSTRACT:The basic feature of an economic reform of the forestry in the Czech Republic after 1990 was separation of supervision in the state forests from operating performance. The Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise, was charged with management and supervision, hence economic activities of the subject are provided on the basis of contracts by entrepreneurial units called contractors in the forestry. The purpose of the paper is economic analysis of the Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise, in the period 1998-2002. The objective is the construction and testing of an elementary method of financial analysis as well as outline of financial situation and development of the chosen subject generally. The paper contributes to branch economy analysis, common in agriculture and wood-processing industry. easier to compare financial statements and makes it possible to compare companies of different size (GRÜNWALD, HOLEČKOVÁ 2001).
KeywordsIntensive indicators are interpreted as two extensive indicators being measured. The items being compared have a mutual context. Typical intensive indicators -ratios are profitability, solvency (indebtedness) and liquidity, activity and capital market ratios (VALACH 1999). NEUMAIEROVÁ (1998), KISLINGEROVÁ and NEU-MAIEROVÁ (2000) and other authors also worked with methods of financial analysis. KOVANICOVÁ and KOVANIC (1997) was concerned with detailed utilisation of elementary (and higher) methods of financial analysis.The results of financial analysis are necessary to evaluate in the conception of field specifics, and/or with specifics of manufacturing companies. Particularly KOVANICOVÁ and KOVANIC (1997) pointed to the problem of comparison of ratios values with industry averages, and negative influences connected with "recommended values". SYNEK et al. (2002) classified enterprises according to business activity into industrial, agricultural, forestry, construction, transport, connection, forwarding, commercial, tourist industry, bank, monetary and services.Economic aspects emerging from the character of forestry, the system of forest management, unusualness of forestry production and last but not least economic reforms in forestry in the Czech Republic after year 1990 were described by KUPČÁK (1998KUPČÁK ( , 2003a. Fiscal and accounting aspects must be taken into account in the forestry, arising primarily from valid legislation (KUPČÁK 1999). HAJDÚCHOVÁ (2000) dealt with financial analysis of the company and evaluation of financial ratios under forestry circumstances in Slovakia.The most common source of information on forestry is annual Report on the State of Forests and Forestry in the Czech Republic (i.e. "green reports"), published also on the Internet sites (http://www. mze.cz/); reports for the years 1995-2002 are available. Data and analysis in the chapter Economics in the Forestry Sector express the economic situation of forest owners 1 and besides that (from 1998) also the situation of entrepreneurs in the forestry as well as economic situation of fores...