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.
AFWPS has two components - a production and trade focussed report released in June, and a separate trade only edition focussed on newly released trade data from the ABS in November.
As a whole, AFWPS is supported by summary tables in Excel format and a Power BI data visualisation that provides users with an interactive dashboard to interrogate the data.
The current edition of AFWPS covers production and trade to 2023-24.
To access previous 2023-24 trade only edition of the AFWPS click the download links below in the Trade to 2023-24 dropdown.
Time series charts are expressed in real terms (adjusted for inflation).
Production and trade to 2023-24 overview report
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Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Overview report (PDF 922 KB)
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Overview report (DOCX 1.74 MB)
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2023-24 volume and value of logs harvested
| Unit | 2023–24 | % change from 2022–23a | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of logs harvested | |||
| Commercial plantation log harvest | million cubic metres | 20.9 | -6.5 |
| Hardwood log harvest | million cubic metres | 7.1 | -15.9 |
| Softwood log harvest | million cubic metres | 13.7 | -0.7 |
| Native forest log harvest | million cubic metres | 2.5 | -1.4 |
| Total logs harvested | million cubic metres | 23.4 | -6.0 |
| Value of logs harvested | |||
| Commercial plantation-logs harvested | $ million | 2,010 | -5.9 (-9.7) |
| Hardwood log harvest | $ million | 656 | -17.9 (-21.2) |
| Softwood log harvest | $ million | 1,355 | 1.2 (-2.9) |
| Native forest-logs harvestedb | $ million | 274 | -0.2 (-4.2) |
| Total value of logs harvested | $ billion | 2.28 | -5.3 (-9.1) |
2023-24 plantation area
| Unit | 2023–24 | % change from 2022–23 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plantation area | |||
| Hardwood plantations | '000 hectares | 674 | -0.6 |
| Softwood plantations | '000 hectares | 1,010 | 0.2 |
| Total plantation areac | '000 hectares | 1,707 | -0.1 |
a Values in brackets are in real terms (2023-24 dollars) to account for inflation.
b Includes native cypress logs.
c Total includes plantations where type in unknown.
A high resolution version of the Australian Forest and Wood Products Statistics: Production and trade to 2023-24 is available in the download section below.
Trade to 2023-24 overview report
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Trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Overview report (PDF 569 KB)
Trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Overview report (DOCX 1.32 MB)
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2023-24 trade
| Unit | 2023–24 | % change from 2022–23a | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade | |||
| Total value of imported wood products | $ billion | 6.5 | -5 (-9.1) |
| Total value of exported wood products | $ billion | 2.7 | -2 (5.9) |
| Total merchandise trade | $ billion | 9.2 | -4 (-8.2) |
2023-24 dwelling commencements
| Unit | 2023–24 | % change from 2022–23a | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwelling commencements | |||
| House commencements | '000 | 99 | -10.1 |
| Other residential commencements | '000 | 59 | -6.0 |
| Total dwelling commencements | '000 | 158 | -8.8 |
a Values in brackets are in real terms (2023-24 dollars) to account for inflation.
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
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Infographic (PDF 357 KB)
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Data tables (XLSX 606 KB)
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Dashboard data tables (XLSX 250 KB)
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Dashboard data tables – Exports from 1988–89 to 2023–24 (ZIP 9.3 MB)
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Dashboard data tables – Imports from 1988–89 to 2004–05 (ZIP 17.1 MB)
Production and trade to 2023-24 – AFWPS – Dashboard data tables – Imports from 2005–06 to 2023–24 (ZIP 20.8 MB)
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For historic and archived versions of the Australian Forest and Wood Product Statistics report, please use the ABARES Publications Library.
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, along with a concordance to the previous definition. This classification is based on the Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification.