Example of using detailed statistics: The case of poplar markets in EU

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1 Example of using detailed statistics: The case of poplar markets in EU Arvydas Lebedys FAO Forestry Officer (Statistics) Eurostat Forestry Statistics Working Group Meeting, Luxembourg, November 2011 Introduction FAO Forestry Department unit hosting International Poplar Commission (IPC) approached FAO Forest Products Statistics Group to give a presentation about poplar markets in Two presentations were prepared. IPC ( is one of FAO technical statutory bodies on forestry, aims to promote the cultivation, conservation and utilization of poplars and willows. Established in 1947, the IPC comprises 37 member countries. It has had an important role in the development of national forest sectors, largely through the transfer of knowledge and breeding material. The IPC is the only forum that brings together managers, users and researchers of poplars and willows to discuss topics of common interest in a cross-disciplinary way. The IPC carries out its mandate by supporting research and management activities through six working parties: (1) harvesting and utilization; (2) diseases; (3) insect pests; (4) genetics, conservation and improvement; (5) production systems and (6) environmental applications.

2 Global areas of poplar 2007 World (1000 ha) China (1000 ha) % of global in China Natural forests 71,079 3,060 4 Planted forests 5,393 4, Agroforestry systems 2,630 2, ,102 9, Total FAO 2008: reports of IPC member countries Area of productive poplar plantations by region, 2007 Area in China is 4 times larger than in Europe 717 FAO 2008: reports of IPC member countries EU-27

3 Consumption of poplar (in roundwood equivalents): 7 EU countries FAO 2008: reports of IPC member countries; Poplar use (in roundwood equivalent) in selected European countries China: Ven.&Plywood = 49 M m³(r) Sawnwood = 3 M m³(r) Part.&Fibreboard = 18 M m³(r) Woodpulp = 9 M m³(r) FAO 2008: reports of IPC member countries;

4 Estimated proportion of poplar raw material in forest industry products (2007) Non-coniferous sawnwood Veneer & Plywood Particleboard & Fibreboard Woodpulp France 15% 70% n.a. n.a. Italy 10% 30% <5% 0% Spain 10% 50% <5% 0% Germany <5% 5% <1% 1% Romania 10% <5% <1% 15% Bulgaria 10% 30% 5% 0% Belgium 50% 100% <1% 10% Croatia 0% 100% 10% 10% China 10% 60% 30% 40% FAO 2008: reports of IPC member countries; Cleaning Eurostat s export statistics, ( ) Only 3 monthly figures revised for Jan 2008-Aug2010 DS EU27 Trade Since 1995 By CN8 POPLAR LOGS EXPORT 1000 M3 REPORTER/PERIOD Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug AUSTRIA BELGIUM (and LUXBG -> 1998) BULGARIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC (CS->1992) GERMANY (incl DD from 1991) DENMARK ESTONIA SPAIN FINLAND FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM GREECE HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG LATVIA MALTA NETHERLANDS POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA SWEDEN SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA Total top exporters

5 1000 m³ Exports and imports of poplar logs in poplar producer EU countries Top importers and exporters of poplar logs in EU (2009) Importers Exporters

6 Trade flow of poplar logs & sawnwood in Central-West-South Europe Trends in poplar log prices in Europe

7 Summary This was just an example how it is possible to derive trends and conclusions about forest products by pulling together various international and national sources. This presentation would not be possible without having detailed 8-digit CM statistics in Comext. Perhaps Eurostat receive undeserved criticisms about their data quality, it provides a great amount of detailed raw data that can be tailored to user needs Future work and proposals FAO: International Poplar Commission meeting in India in 2012 (including poplar data collection before it) Workshop on JFSQ in China in late 2012 (target to realign officially reported roundwood removals statistics) Eurostat (proposals): Carrying out user survey would be useful to know who, how often, what for use your forestry statistics (e.g. FAO did in 1996, in 2005 and will repeat 2015) Consider changing Poplar to Aspen and poplar in the text of the following CN codes: &

8 Thank you!