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  • Forest economics
    • Australian forest and wood products statistics
      • Socio-economic indicators—trends to 2018
    • Forest economic research
      • A framework for developing medium term projections of traded wood products
      • Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Australia
      • Future opportunities for using forest and sawmill residues in Australia
      • Illegal logging regulation: analysis of regulated importers by business size
      • Productivity and efficiency of the Australian sawmilling industry
      • Responsiveness of demand for structural pine to changes in timber and steel prices
      • Short-term forecasts of selected wood product sales volume: Method and assumptions
      • Upscaling the Australian softwood sawmill industry
    • Australian plantation statistics update
    • Plantation and log supply
    • National wood processing survey

Australian forest and wood products statistics

March and June quarters 2022

Overview

ABARES Australian forest and wood products statistics (AFWPS) is a collection of data on key indicators of activity in the Australian forest and wood products sector.

The report is supported by summary tables that users can access in the Download section and a Power BI interactive data visualisation where users can examine log and forest data by state and year.

This issue includes 2021–22 data for key domestic indicators of forestry sector activity such as the value and volume of logs harvested and changes in Australia’s commercial plantation estate.

This report also presents 2020–21 data (first published in June 2022) on the value and volume of logs harvested, Australia’s commercial plantation estate, forest sector employment and the performance of the wood product manufacturing sector.

Decorative image - click through to Australian forest and wood product statistics: September and December quarters 2021.

Table 1 Overview of the forestry sector, 2020–21
  Unit 2020–21 % change from 2019–20
Volume of logs harvested
Commercial plantation log harvest million cubic metres 23.6 -8.4
Native forest log harvest million cubic metres 3.5 -6.1
Total logs harvested million cubic metres 27.1 -8.1
Value of logs harvested
Commercial plantation-logs harvested $ million 329 -18
Native forest-logs harvested $ million 1,887 -11
Total value of logs harvested $ billion 2.2 -13
    2021-22 %change from 2020-21
Dwelling Commencements
House commencements '000 132.1 -6.0
Other residential commencements '000 76.2 3.5
Total dwelling commencements '000 208.2 -2.7
Trade
Total value of imported wood products $ billion 6.7 24
Total value of wood product exports $ billion 3.0 11

Data visualisation

Note: The reported trade data can be subject to ABS confidentiality restrictions, such as hardwood woodchips since October 2020. The confidentiality restrictions can have implications for country and national level reporting. For additional details see International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia.

Source: ABARES

This Power BI dashboard may not meet accessibility requirements. For information about the contents of these dashboards contact ABARES.

Note: The reported trade data can be subject to ABS confidentiality restrictions, such as hardwood woodchips since October 2020. The confidentiality restrictions can have implications for country and national level reporting. For additional details see International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia.

Source: ABARES

This Power BI dashboard may not meet accessibility requirements. For information about the contents of these dashboards contact ABARES.

Downloads

Overview report - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2022- PDF [833 KB]

Overview report - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2022– MS Word [2202 KB]

Infographic - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2022– PDF [479 KB]

Data tables - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2022– MS Excel [429 KB]

Dashboard data tables - Plantation area and log production: AFWPS: Mar – Jun quarters 2022 - MS Excel [219 KB]

Dashboard data tables - Exports from 1988–89 to 2021–22: AFWPS: Mar – Jun quarters 2022 - Zip of CSV and Excel format [11.5 MB]

Dashboard data tables - Imports from 1988–89 to 2004–05: AFWPS: Mar – Zip of CSV and Excel format [22.9 MB]

Dashboard data tables - Imports from 2005–06 to 2021–22: AFWPS: Mar – Jun quarters 2022 - Zip of CSV and Excel format [23.8 MB]

If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.

In March 2022 ABARES updated the classifications used to report Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry export statistics. These changes will improve the quality of information available to users of trade statistics. These changes may result in changes to historical time series for trade statistics due to the movement of trade items between categories, or the addition of new items. A detailed explanation of ABARES classification of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry statistics is available here, along with a concordance to the previous definition. This classification is based on the Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification.

Downloads

Overview report - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Sept – Dec quarters 2021 (PDF 900 KB)

Overview report - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Sept – Dec quarters 2021 (DOCX 2.2 MB)

Inforgraphic - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Sept – Dec 2021 (PDF 486 KB)

Data tables - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Sept – Dec quarters 2021(XLSX 371 KB)

Data dashboard - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Sept – Dec quarters 2021

Dashboard data tables - Plantation area and log production: AFWPS: Sept – Dec quarters 2021 (XLSX 219 KB)

Dashboard data tables - Exports from 1988–89 to 2021–22: AFWPS: Sept – Dec quarters 2021 (XLSX 35.1 MB)

Dashboard data tables - Imports from 1988–89 to 2004–05: AFWPS: Sept – Dec quarters 2021 (XLSX 63.2 MB)

Dashboard data tables - Imports from 2005–06 to 2021–22: AFWPS: Sept – Dec quarters 2021 (XLSX 59.2 MB)

If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.

For historic and archived versions of the Australian Forest and Wood Product Statistics report, please use the ABARES Publications Library.

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