Facts and figures
FAO NEWS ARTICLE: Global production of wood products posts highest growth in 70 years (December 2019)Major consumers and producers of forest productsMajor exporters and importers of forest products2018 Global Forest Products Facts and Figures.
Global production and trade in forest products in 2020
Production | Exports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Change (%) compared to: | 2020 | Change (%) compared to: | |||||||
| Product | Unit | 2019 | 2000 | 1980 | 2019 | 2000 | 1980 | |||
| Roundwood | million m³ | 3 912 | -1% | 12% | 25% | 140 | -2% | 19% | 50% | |
| Wood fuel | million m³ | 1 928 | -1% | 7% | 15% | 6 | -15% | 79% | ||
| Industrial roundwood | million m³ | 1 984 | -2% | 17% | 37% | 134 | -1% | 17% | 43% | |
| Wood pellets and other agglomerates | million tonnes | 50 | 3% | 31 | 6% | |||||
| Sawnwood | million m³ | 473 | -3% | 23% | 12% | 153 | -3% | 34% | 118% | |
| Wood-based panels | million m³ | 367 | -1% | 107% | 280% | 88 | -2% | 67% | 490% | |
| Plywood | million m³ | 118 | 2% | 103% | 200% | 28 | -6% | 60% | 326% | |
| Particle board, OSB and fibreboard | million m³ | 250 | -2% | 109% | 335% | 60 | 0% | 71% | 622% | |
| Wood pulp | million tonnes | 186 | -2% | 9% | 48% | 69 | 1% | 80% | 226% | |
| Pulp from fibres other than wood | million tonnes | 11 | -1% | -26% | 55% | 0.4 | 7% | 15% | 79% | |
| Recovered paper | million tonnes | 229 | -1% | 59% | 352% | 45 | -8% | 83% | 716% | |
| Paper and paperboard | million tonnes | 401 | -1% | 24% | 137% | 111 | -2% | 13% | 218% | |
| Forest products value | US$ billion | 244 | -10% | 68% | 331% | |||||
last updated: Friday, December 24, 2021