To change this situation, the association of private forest owners "Nasa Suma" (http://www.nasasuma.com) was established in 2006 in Celinac with the mission of improving the situation in private forest management. The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining has provided support to the private sector in the form of subsidies to export-orientated companies in the wood processing industry' (mostly on improvement of facilities, but also for achieving required standards). The total amount of suppport provided in the period 2006-2013 was around 27.5 million KM (106 companies received subsidies in 2013).