Timber removals fell 3.57% to 28,887 '000 cbm in New Zealand in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in New Zealand reached an all time high of 29,956 '000 cbm in 2014 and an all time low of 5,234 '000 cbm in 1962. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, timber removals in Australia amounted to 32,100 '000 cbm, 110,882 '000 cbm in Indonesia, 20,361 '000 cbm in Malaysia and 15,728 '000 cbm in Philippines in 2015.
New Zealand has been ranked 24th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 7 places above 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 |
| Australia | '000 cbm | 30,316 | 30,414 | 31,394 | 28,242 | 27,324 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | '000 cbm | 8,704 | 8,730 | 8,583 | 8,446 | 8,314 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 339,942 | 350,633 | 346,359 | 341,666 | 347,524 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | '000 cbm | 110,147 | 113,849 | 117,994 | 117,522 | 115,232 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 cbm | 22,985 | 22,113 | 20,692 | 20,541 | 19,412 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | '000 cbm | 20,828 | 24,491 | 26,130 | 27,415 | 29,764 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | '000 cbm | 8,437 | 10,009 | 9,649 | 9,227 | 9,550 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | '000 cbm | 16,267 | 15,955 | 16,157 | 16,042 | 16,241 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | '000 cbm | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 31.7 | 31.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | '000 cbm | 1,466 | 1,458 | 1,462 | 1,465 | 1,473 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | '000 cbm | 33,998 | 33,901 | 33,787 | 33,680 | 33,581 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | '000 cbm | 27,850 | 28,200 | 27,100 | 26,800 | 26,322 |
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