Timber removals rose 1.23% to 205,507 '000 cbm in Russia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Russia reached an all time high of 227,900 '000 cbm in 1992 and an all time low of 96,814 '000 cbm in 1996. When compared to Russia's main peers, timber removals in China amounted to 339,683 '000 cbm, 55,613 '000 cbm in Germany, 21,328 '000 cbm in Japan and 412,917 '000 cbm in USA in 2015.
Russia has been ranked 5th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 1 place 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 |
| 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 | |||||||||||
| Canada | '000 cbm | 116,306 | 142,013 | 148,178 | 148,183 | 152,076 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 339,942 | 350,633 | 346,359 | 341,666 | 347,524 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | '000 cbm | 356,546 | 358,066 | 358,293 | 357,761 | 357,226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 cbm | 16,711 | 17,281 | 18,374 | 18,559 | 21,134 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 cbm | 43,878 | 43,870 | 43,714 | 44,234 | 44,198 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | '000 cbm | 34,629 | 35,467 | 37,180 | 38,015 | 38,939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 cbm | 158,900 | 175,499 | 191,225 | 192,055 | 194,461 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | '000 cbm | 5,653 | 3,984 | 4,210 | 4,506 | 4,897 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 cbm | 332,528 | 376,572 | 395,141 | 387,512 | 396,818 |
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