Pine resin is a type of resin that can be derived from the pine tree. Pine trees mainly grow in northern hemispherical regions of North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, & Europe. Pine resin has a host of different uses, it can be used as a sealant, glue, and varnish. It is distilled into rosin, which is used to promote a better grip between objects, and oil of turpentine, which is used as a solvent and a paint thinner. Pine resin finds its applications in printing ink industry, paper and pulp industry, and adhesive industry.
Pine forests, particularly the Elliotti and Tropical
Species, produce a valuable resin that is used by the chemical and food
industries to manufacture adhesives, paints, detergents, disinfectants,
flavorings, and aromatics, among others. Pine resin is naturally antibacterial,
so can be chewed as a gum for mouth complaints as well as a sore throat.
Moreover, a tea made from pine resin is also believed to be good for arthritis.
The resin or sap from pine trees has a variety of uses, most of which do not
involve eating it. Within the pine
resin market, there is a lot of competition.
Pine resin is the harvested tree sap of a pine tree.
Pine trees are abundant throughout the world. Pine trees are tapped for their
sap (resin), which is then used in several industrial and medicinal applications.
The sap is a relatively clear and thin watery substance, while resin, also
called pitch, is amber-colored, thick, gooey, and tacky. Pine sap can be used
for medicinal purposes. The pine gum resin can either be chewed or mixed into
the water. Besides pine sap’s medicinal uses, there are other survival uses and
even commercial uses for pine resin.
Thus, there is an increasing demand for pine resin
across the world. For example, in May 2019, IDB Invest grants a loan to Pinosa
SRL de CV and Resinas Sintéticas SA de CV, two leading companies in the resins
industry in Mexico, to establish and maintain forest plantations of 1,250
hectares of native resin pine species on ejidal lands (Mexico).