UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2014-2015
EXPLANATORY NOTES
“Apparent consumption” is calculated by adding imports to a country’s production and subtracting exports. Apparent consumption volumes are not adjusted for levels of stock. “Apparent consumption” is synonymous with “demand” and “use” and often referred to as “consumption”. In the statistical annex, subregional consumption is a total of the countries with consumption data; in the rest of the tables, this is the sum of the subregion’s production, imports and exports. Regional consumption totals may differ where data are missing for a particular flow in a country. For ease of reading, the publication mostly provides value data in US dollars (indicated by the sign “$”). Unless specific for a given period, the applied exchange rates in 2014 are €0.75 = $1 for euros and 39.2 RUB = $1 for Russian roubles. Both these exchange rates are based on the annual average rate provided by UNECE (http://w3.unece.org/PXWeb/en). “Net trade” is the balance of exports and imports and is positive for net exports (i.e. when exports exceed imports) and negative for net imports (i.e. when imports exceed exports). Trade data for the 28 European Union (EU) countries include intra-EU trade, which is often estimated by the countries. Export data usually include re-exports. Subregional trade aggregates in tables and references to trade in the text include trade occurring between countries of the subregion except where noted otherwise. For a breakdown of the region into its subregions, please see the map in the annex. References to EU28 refer collectively to the 28 country members of the EU in 2015. The term Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) refers collectively to 12 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. It is used solely for the convenience of readers. The term “softwood” is used synonymously with “coniferous”. “Hardwood” is used synonymously with “non-coniferous” or “broadleaved”. More definitions appear in the electronic annex. All references to “ton” or “tons” or “tonnes” in this text represent the metric unit of 1,000 kilograms (kg) unless otherwise indicated. A billion refers to one thousand million (109). Please note that all volumes of US and Canadian sawn softwood production and trade are given in solid m3, converted from nominal m3. The use of the term “oven-dry” in this text is used in relation to the weight of a product in a completely dry state: e.g. an oven-dry metric tonne of wood fibre means 1,000 kg of wood fibre containing no moisture at all. The term “chemical pulp” refers to semi-chemical woodpulp, chemical woodpulp and dissolving grades, unless otherwise indicated.
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