1、PRODUCTION,TRADE AND DEMAND OF TROP.PRIMARY WOOD PRODUCTS Jean-Christophe Claudon,ITTO Statistical Assistant ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization ITTO:international organization sustainable management and conservation of tropical forests international tradein tropical timber from sustaina
2、bly managed and legally harvested forests.75 countries+EU.producers/consumersof tropical timber.90%of the global tropical timber trade 80%of the worlds tropical forests.2-year studyLONG TERM TRENDS AND POLICIESEvery 15-day releaseSHORT TERM TRENDS AND POLICIESSpecial studiesSPECIFIC NEEDSITTO statis
3、tical workThe Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire(https:/www.itto.int/annual_review/):Prepared by 4 international organizations-ITTO,FAO,UNECE,Eurostat+70 primary wood products production and trade+trade of SPWP Sent every year to 200 countries Roughly 100 countries send the questionnaire back(50%)Har
4、monization of the definitions of the products which following the World Customs Organization(WCO)Harmonized System(HS codes)How do we collect data?Definition of tropical timberTropical timber means tropical wood for industrial uses,which grows or is produced in the countries situated between the Tro
5、pic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.-geographic definition-excludes coniferous-includes all non-coniferous grown in the tropical region WCO does not include geographic definitions to define products.ITTO+ATIBT+CIRAD+FAO submitted a list of 587 of tropical species list gathered by pilot-names,s
6、cientific names and local namesThis list is attached to the appendix of the HS nomenclature of Chapter 44.World Production of trop.ind.roundwood050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000400,000World production of trop.ind.roundwood(000 m3)12%17%Difficult to estimate3 components(sawlogs,pulpwo