GO TO http://faostat.fao.org

Select “Open FAOSTAT classic view”

Select “ForeSTAT”

Select “World + (Total)” (+ means sum)Select “Roundwood + (Total)” - (roundwood means direct use of the wood

Select year “2011” cut in the forest)Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Roundwood = 3435 M m3)

Select “World + (Total)”Select “Wood fuel + (Total)”

Select year “2011”Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Wood fuel = 1878 M m3)

Select “World + (Total)” Select “Industrial Roundwodd + (Total)”

Select year “2011” Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Indust. Roundwood = 1557 M m3)

Worldwide roundwood consumption by end use (2011) :

Total consumption = 3435 M m3 = 100%

Fuel wood = 1878 M m3 = 55%

Industrial Roundwood = 1557 M m3 = 45%

Select “World + (Total)”Select “Sawlogs and Veneer logs + (Total)”

Select year “2011” Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Sawlogs & Veneer logs = 861 M m3)

Select “World + (Total)”Select “Pulpwood, Round&Split + (Total)”

Select year “2011”Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Pulpwood, Round&Split = 536 M m3)Scroll down select Forestry products definition”and see bellow definition.

Wood in the rough other than logs -for pulp, particle board or fibreboard. Pulpwood may be barked or unbarked and may be in the form of roundwood or splitwood. In production, it may include the equivalent of wood chips made directly from roundwood.

Select “World + (Total)”Select “Other Indust Roundwood + (Total)”

Select year “2011”Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Other Indust Roundwood = 160 M m3)

Worldwide roundwood consumption by end use (2011) :

Total consumption = 3435 M m3 = 100%

Fuel wood = 1878 M m3 = 55%

Industrial Roundwood = 1557 M m3 = 45%

Other Indust Roundwood = 160 M m3 = 5%

Sawlogs & Veneer logs = 861 M m3 = 25%

Pulpwood, Round&Split = 536 M m3 = 16%

- includes wood for paper pulp, particle board

and fibreboard

Worldwide roundwood consumption by end use (2011) :

Total consumption = 3435 M m3 = 100%

Fuel wood = 1878 M m3 = 55%

Industrial Roundwood = 1557 M m3 = 45%

Other Indust Roundwood = 160 M m3 = 5%

Sawlogs & Veneer logs = 861 M m3 = 25%

Pulpwood, Round&Split = 536 M m3 = 16%

- includes wood for paper pulp, particle board and fibreboard

- We estimate 25 to 30% used for particle board and fibreboard (134 to 161 M m3)

Used for paper pulp:=70-75% of 536 M m3== 375 to 402 M m3(average = 389 M m3)

11%

Select “World + (Total)”Select “Wood-based panels + (Total)”

Select year “2011”Select “production quantity”

Click “Show data”

See result (Wood-based panels = 281 M m3)

Verification for figure assumed for “fibreboard + particle board” (Step 1)

Verification for figure assumed for “fibreboard + particle board” (Step 2):

The estimate of 134 to 161 M m3 (average = 147 M m3 )of wood chips being used for particle board and fibreboard,

when the worldwide production of wood-based panels is 281 M m3,

seems a conservative estimation.

Worldwide wood consumption by end-use* (2011)

55% of roundwood consumption in the world is for energy production.Only 11 % of this volume is for pulp production (around 389 millions m3).

World volume consumption of roundwood ( 3435 M m3)

Fuel Wood55%

Logs forsaw mill **

25%

Other Industrial uses ***

5%

Pulpwood for woodpanel

industry4%

Pulpwood for Paper and Board

11%

* Roundwood- Direct use of the wood cut in the fores t** Also includes veneer logs *** Poles, piling, posts, etc…

Source: FAO 2012