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ABARES forest and wood product statistics

ABARES Australian forest and wood products statistics (AFWPS) is a collection of data on key indicators of activity in the Australian forest and wood products sector. The production statistics for the 2022-23 year have been released. Source: Timberbiz

The overview is supported by summary tables in Excel format and a Power BI data visualisation that provides users with an interactive dashboard to interrogate the data.

This issue includes new 2022–23 data for key domestic indicators of forestry sector activity such as the value and volume of logs harvested, the performance of the wood product manufacturing sector and changes in Australia’s commercial plantation estate.

This report also presents 2022–23 data (first published in November 2023) on forest sector employment, data on new housing commencements and the trade of wood products.

Time series charts are expressed in real terms (adjusted for inflation).

You can download the statistics here.