Timber removals rose 10.6% to 13,852 '000 cbm in Uruguay in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Uruguay reached an all time high of 13,852 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 1,874 '000 cbm in 1962. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, timber removals in Argentina amounted to 15,349 '000 cbm, 254,400 '000 cbm in Brazil, 58,771 '000 cbm in Chile and 11,178 '000 cbm in Paraguay in 2015.
Uruguay has been ranked 49th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 34 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 |
| Argentina | '000 cbm | 14,089 | 15,010 | 14,624 | 16,496 | 18,261 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | '000 cbm | 3,242 | 3,293 | 3,311 | 3,329 | 3,348 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | '000 cbm | 226,707 | 235,432 | 253,144 | 266,769 | 260,756 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | '000 cbm | 51,023 | 47,215 | 55,148 | 55,073 | 57,191 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | '000 cbm | 10,510 | 10,620 | 10,728 | 10,837 | 10,949 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | '000 cbm | 8,690 | 8,690 | 8,921 | 8,777 | 8,585 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | '000 cbm | 8,390 | 11,832 | 10,430 | 9,138 | 10,174 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | '000 cbm | 6,359 | 5,905 | 5,830 | 5,421 | 5,518 |
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