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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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Wood balances

Our analysis of wood balances aims at showing total supply, use and consumption of all wood and wood based products. Hence, it illustrates the relation of domestic production, foreign trade and use and provides insights in market structures and markets developments. As such wood balances are an important basis of information for actors in politics and industry.

Roundwood balance

The roundwood balance contrasts supply and use of roundwood in Germany. The supply consists of the logged volume (fellings) and imports. The use side consists of exports and domestic consumption. Changes in stocks of roundwood are also recorded.

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General wood balance

The general wood balance draws total supply and total use of wood and wood based products in Germany annually. Wood and wood based products subsume all wood based raw materials as well as semi-finished and finished products. On the supply side, the ...

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Foreign trade balance

The foreign trade balance comprises imports and exports of all wood based goods. The total trade is subdivided into the commodity groups roundwood and residues, semi-finished wood products, pulp, paper and paperboard and finished wood based products.

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