Timber removals rose 6.96% to 32,100 '000 cbm in Australia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Australia reached an all time high of 33,269 '000 cbm in 2008 and an all time low of 13,336 '000 cbm in 1962. When compared to Australia's main peers, timber removals in Indonesia amounted to 110,882 '000 cbm, 20,361 '000 cbm in Malaysia, 28,887 '000 cbm in New Zealand and 9,573 '000 cbm in Papua New Guinea in 2015.
Australia has been ranked 23rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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