Plywood production fell 13.2% to 357,116 '000 cbm in New Zealand in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, plywood production in New Zealand reached an all time high of 436,364 '000 cbm in 2016 and an all time low of 18,000 '000 cbm in 1967. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, plywood production in Australia amounted to 156,100 '000 cbm, 3,800,000 '000 cbm in Indonesia, 2,502,000 '000 cbm in Malaysia and 189,000 '000 cbm in Philippines in 2018.
New Zealand has been ranked 18th within the group of 109 countries we follow in terms of plywood production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Plywood Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | '000 cbm | 153,000 | 160,126 | 160,126 | 170,668 | 170,668 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | '000 cbm | 12,000 | 12,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 | 32,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 68,000,000 | 65,100,000 | 68,000,000 | 63,500,000 | 63,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | '000 cbm | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 | 4,980,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 cbm | 3,819,000 | 3,185,000 | 3,030,000 | 2,760,000 | 2,530,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | '000 cbm | 395,059 | 381,957 | 398,760 | 342,200 | 337,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | '000 cbm | 28,000 | 29,000 | 64,000 | 69,000 | 64,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | '000 cbm | 184,000 | 166,000 | 166,000 | 166,000 | 189,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | '000 cbm | 280,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | '000 cbm | 164 | 164 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Thailand | '000 cbm | 120,000 | 396,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | '000 cbm | 530,000 | 600,000 | 850,000 | 1,050,000 | 1,350,000 |
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