Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation

Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire

A joint initiative of ITTO/ UNECE/ FAO/ EUROSTAT to collect statistics on the world timber situation.

Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation

ITTO's Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation compiles the most up-to-date and reliable international statistics available on global production and trade of timber, with an emphasis on the tropics. It also provides information on trends in forest area, forest management and the economies of ITTO member countries. The document is based on information submitted by ITTO member countries through the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire, supplemented by other sources as necessary.

Until 2013, the Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation was published annually. Since the entry into force of the International Tropical Timber 2006 (ITTA, 2006), the Review has been published biennially (Article 28).

All the Reviews and their appendices are available for download immediately by clicking on the Zip links. Production and trade data from 1994 to present are also available from ITTO’s online statistics database.

Biennial Review and Assessment 2021–2022 (full edition)

Introduction
Production, trade and prices of primary products
Trade and prices of secondary processed wood products
Appendix 1. Production and trade of timber, 2018-2022
Appendix 2. Direction of trade in volume of primary tropical timber products between major ITTO Producers and Consumers in 2021
Appendix 3. Major tropical species traded in 2020 and 2021
Appendix 4. Price indices of major tropical timber and selected competing softwood products
Appendix 5. Trade in secondary processed wood products, 2015-2022

Biennial Review and Assessment 2019–2020 (full edition)

Introduction
Production, trade and prices of primary products
Trade and prices of secondary processed wood products
India Timber Supply and Demand
Appendix 1. Production and trade of timber, 2016–2020
Appendix 2. Direction of trade in volume of primary tropical timber products between major ITTO Producers and Consumers in 2019 and in 2020
Appendix 3. Major tropical species traded in 2017, 2018 and 2019
Appendix 4. Price indices of major tropical timber and selected competing softwood products
Appendix 5. Trade in secondary processed wood products, 2013–2020
Appendix 6. UNECE Committee on Forest and The Forest Industry (COFFI) market statement on forest products markets in 2020 and 2021

Biennial Review and Assessment 2017–2018 (full edition)

Introduction
Production, trade and prices of primary products
Trade and prices of secondary processed wood products
Demand and supply of timber in Japan
Appendix 1. Production and trade of timber, 2014–2018
Appendix 2. Direction of trade in volume of primary tropical timber products between major ITTO Producers and Consumers in 2017
Appendix 3. Major tropical species traded in 2015, 2016 and 2017
Appendix 4. Price indices of major tropical timber and selected competing softwood products
Appendix 5. Trade in secondary processed wood products, 2011–2018
Appendix 6. UNECE Committee on Forest and The Forest Industry (COFFI) market statement on forest products markets in 2017 and 2018

Biennial Review and Assessment 2015–2016 (full edition)

Introduction
Production, trade and prices of primary products
Trade and prices of secondary processed wood products
Case study on the plywood industry in China
References
Appendix 1. Production and trade of timber, 2012–2016
Appendix 2. Direction of trade in volume of primary tropical timber products between major ITTO Producers and Consumers in 2015
Appendix 3. Major tropical species traded in 2013, 2014 and 2015
Appendix 4. Price indices of major tropical timber and selected competing softwood products
Appendix 5. Trade in secondary processed wood products, 2009–2016
Appendix 6. UNECE Committee on Forest and The Forest Industry (COFFI) market statement on forest products markets in 2016 and 2017