September and December quarters 2021
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 2020–21 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.
It also reports 2020–21 forest sector employment, the performance of the wood product manufacturing sector, data on new housing commencements and the trade of wood products.
| Unit | 2020–21 | % change from 2019–20 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of logs harvested | ||||
| Native forest log harvest | million cubic metres | 3.5 | -6 | |
| Commercial plantation log harvest | million cubic metres | 23.6 | -8 | |
| Total logs harvested | million cubic metres | 27.1 | -8 | |
| Value of logs harvested | ||||
| Native forest logs harvested | $ million | 329 | -11 | |
| Commercial plantation logs harvested | $ million | 1,887 | -18 | |
| Total value of logs harvested | $ billion | 2.2 | -13 | |
| Trade | ||||
| Total value of imported wood products | $ billion | 5.4 | -3 | |
| Total value of wood product exports | $ billion | 2.7 | -18 | |
| Dwelling Commencements | ||||
| House commencements | ‘000 | 140.5 | 38 | |
| Other residential commencements | ‘000 | 73.6 | 4 | |
| Total dwelling commencements | ‘000 | 214.1 | 24 | |
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
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
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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
Overview report - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2021 (PDF 990 KB)
Overview report - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2021 (DOCX 2.3 MB)
Infographic - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2021 (PDF 275 KB)
Data tables - Australian forest and wood products statistics: Mar – Jun quarters 2021 (XLSX 202 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.