Timber removals fell 2.70% to 1,217 '000 cbm in Netherlands in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Netherlands reached an all time high of 1,500 '000 cbm in 1972 and an all time low of 680 '000 cbm in 1964. When compared to Netherlands's main peers, timber removals in Belgium amounted to 5,412 '000 cbm, 3,456 '000 cbm in Denmark, 55,613 '000 cbm in Germany and 10,550 '000 cbm in United Kingdom in 2015.
Netherlands has been ranked 123rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Timber Removals | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | '000 cbm | 16,727 | 17,831 | 18,696 | 18,021 | 17,390 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,395 | 4,827 | 5,128 | 5,128 | 5,512 | |||||||||||
| Denmark | '000 cbm | 2,813 | 2,669 | 2,583 | 2,446 | 3,180 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | '000 cbm | 54,447 | 55,808 | 55,041 | 51,495 | 51,304 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | '000 cbm | 48,073 | 54,418 | 56,142 | 52,338 | 53,207 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | '000 cbm | 2,429 | 2,618 | 2,635 | 2,580 | 2,760 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 274 | 275 | 261 | 272 | 310 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | '000 cbm | 1,016 | 1,081 | 982 | 955 | 1,108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | '000 cbm | 8,884 | 10,443 | 10,291 | 10,572 | 11,598 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | '000 cbm | 34,629 | 35,467 | 37,180 | 38,015 | 38,939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | '000 cbm | 65,100 | 72,200 | 71,900 | 69,499 | 69,600 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | '000 cbm | 8,624 | 9,718 | 10,020 | 10,120 | 10,821 |
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