Timber removals rose 0.199% to 9,573 '000 cbm in Papua New Guinea in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Papua New Guinea reached an all time high of 10,009 '000 cbm in 2010 and an all time low of 3,595 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to Papua New Guinea's main peers, timber removals in Australia amounted to 32,100 '000 cbm, 110,882 '000 cbm in Indonesia, 28,887 '000 cbm in New Zealand and 15,728 '000 cbm in Philippines in 2015.
Papua New Guinea has been ranked 63rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 4 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | '000 cbm | 27,850 | 28,200 | 27,100 | 26,800 | 26,322 |
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