March and June quarters 2023
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 Overview is supported by summary tables in excel format that users can access in the Download section. A Power BI data visualisation provides users with an interactive dashboard to interrogate the data.
This issue includes new 2022–23 data for key indicators of forestry sector activity such as the trade of wood products and new housing commencements.
The Overview also presents detailed 2021–22 data (first published in June 2023) 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.
2022-23 trade and dwelling commencements data updates
| Unit | 2022–23 | %change from 2021–22 in real terms |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade ($ nominal) | |||
| Total value of imported wood products | $ billion | 6.9 | -5 |
| Total value of wood product exports | $ billion | 2.8 | -14 |
| Dwelling Commencements | |||
| House commencements | '000 | 109.9 | -17 |
| Other residential commencements | '000 | 61.1 | -20 |
| Total dwelling commencements | '000 | 172.2 | -17 |
2021-22 volume and value of logs harvested
| Unit | 2021–22 | %change from 2020–21 in real terms |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of logs harvested | |||
| Commercial plantation log harvest | million cubic metres | 22.5 | -5 |
| Native forest log harvest | million cubic metres | 3.5 | 1 |
| Total logs harvested | million cubic metres | 26.0 | -4 |
| Value of logs harvested ($ nominal) | |||
| Commercial plantation-logs harvested | $ million | 1,914 | -3 |
| Native forest-logs harvested | $ million | 372 | 8 |
| Total value of logs harvested | $ billion | 2.3 | -1 |
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
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Downloads
Infographic - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2023 – PDF [479 KB]
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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
Infographic - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Sept – Dec quarters 2022– PDF [479 KB]
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For historic and archived versions of the Australian Forest and Wood Product Statistics report, please use the ABARES Publications Library.