Wood production by region
- Wood production by region
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World production of wood and wood products by region (1997)
region roundwood
(000,000 cubic metres)
wood-based panels
(000 cubic metres)
pulp
(000 metric tons)
paper and paperboard
(000 metric tons)
industrial
fuelwood
and
charcoal
total
plywood
.particleboard
...fibreboard
Africa 67.1 525.7 592.8 451 775 78
2,883
3,161
North America* 613.5 138.1 751.6 17,928 24,712 7,431 85,796 109,037
South America 130.1 194.9 325.0 2,453 1,637 1,437 9,531 9,842
Asia 277.2 907.8 1,185.0 28,175 9,059 6,181 19,835 85,235
Europe 393.6 79.1 472.7 4,768 34,734 6,899 42,256 87,334
Oceania 41.3 8.8 50.1 361 1,006 1,078 2,329 3,291
See as table:
1,522.8
1,854.5
3,377.3
54,134
71,923
23,104
162,631
297,900
See as table:
*Includes Central America.
**Detail does not add to total given because of rounding.
Source: Based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Yearbook of Forest Products 1997 (1999).
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