Forestry Statistics 2009 - International Forestry

Apparent consumption of wood products

Apparent consumption (defined as production + imports - exports) of wood products in 2007 totalled 424 million m³ sawnwood, 257 million m³ woodbased panels and 383 million tonnes of paper and paperboard globally.

Around one third of all sawnwood was consumed in North and Central America and a further one quarter each in the EU and in Asia.

Asia consumed almost two fifths of the world's woodbased panels, around one quarter was consumed in the EU and one quarter in North and Central America.

Around two fifths of all paper and paperboard was consumed in Asia, over one quarter in North and Central America and a further quarter in the EU.

Table 9.6 Apparent consumption of wood products by region, 1990-2007
Region	1990	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007
Sawnwood (million m³)
Europe
UK	13	8	10	11	10	11
EU-27¹	96	80	99	102	105	110
Total Europe	157	109	121	119	120	125
Africa	10	12	11	13	13	13
Asia	112	112	79	93	100	102
North and Central America	119	126	144	166	160	144
Oceania	6	7	8	8	8	8
South America	24	24	28	30	33	33
World	429	390	389	429	433	424
Woodbased panels (million m³)
Europe
UK	5	5	6	6	7	7
EU-27¹	40	41	53	59	63	67
Total Europe	51	47	59	71	76	81
Africa	1	2	2	3	3	3
Asia	25	46	53	91	93	95
North and Central America	44	46	64	72	73	64
Oceania	2	2	3	3	3	3
South America	3	4	6	8	9	10
World	126	146	188	248	257	257
Paper & paperboard (million tonnes)
Europe
UK	9	11	11	13	12	12
EU-27¹	62	68	83	87	91	93
Total Europe	71	73	90	98	102	105
Africa	4	4	5	7	6	7
Asia	62	85	103	132	142	148
North and Central America	88	101	110	107	108	106
Oceania	3	4	5	5	5	5
South America	8	10	12	14	11	11
World	235	277	325	364	375	383

Not National Statistics.

Source: FAO.

Notes:

1. Cyprus is included in EU-27 total but is part of FAO's Asia region.

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Sources: International Forestry

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