Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017

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Overview

This issue of the Australian forest and wood products statistics (AFWPS) includes 2016-17 data for key domestic indicators of forestry sector activity, including Australia's commercial plantation estate, volume and value of logs harvested, wood products production and trade. This issue also presents updated quarterly data for dwelling unit commencements for the September and December quarters of 2017.

Key Issues

Business conditions strengthened for Australia's forestry sector in 2016-17, with the fourth consecutive year of strong growth in log harvest volumes supported by higher wood processing industry output.

The total volume of logs harvested from commercial plantations and native production forests reached record levels in 2016-17, exceeding 33 million cubic metres, a 10 per cent increase from the 2015-16 log harvest and 45 per cent higher since 2012-13. The gross value of logs harvested also reached a record level, up 13 per cent from the previous year to $2.6 billion (mill door prices).

Australia's production of sawnwood has been growing since 2011-12 and reached 5.2 million cubic metres in 2016-17, up 3 per cent from the previous year.

The strong export performance of Australia's wood products industries in recent years continued in 2016-17, with the total value of wood product exports increasing to $3.5 billion (up 11 per cent from the previous year).

Following three years of consecutive growth, the total value of wood product imports decreased in 2016-17 to $5.3 billion (down 4 per cent from the previous year).

Dwelling commencements decreased to 220,900 dwellings in 2016-17, down 5 per cent from the previous year, which was primarily driven by a 10 per cent decrease in the number of new residential buildings other than houses, such as units and apartments.

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Overview - Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 - overview report - KeyDocument 01 REPORT \r\n Overview report: Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017.
Overview - Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 - overview report - KeyDocument 03 REPORT \r\n Overview report: Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017.
Summary - Tabular data of Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 summary statistics - Macro-enabled workbook - Data 01 - the Summary MS workbook contains:\r\n AFWPS summary tables \r\n\t1 Overview of the Australian forestry sector \r\n Resource base \r\n\t2 Land areas, by forest vegetation cover \r\n 3 Native forest areas, by forest type, ownership and state \r\n 4 Plantation areas, by type and state \r\n 5 Plantation establishment, by type and state \r\n Logs \r\n\t6 Logs harvested, by log type \r\n 7 Gross value of logs harvested \r\n 8A Volume of logs harvested, by state and forest type \r\n 8B Value of logs harvested, by state \r\n 8C Volume of logs harvested, by state, forest and log type \r\n 9 Log price indexes, by log type \r\n 10 Gross roundwood equivalent of consumption, by wood product \r\n Wood products \r\n 11 Production annual \r\n 12 Sawnwood production, by state \r\n 13 Sales and service income in forest product industries \r\n 14 Industry value added in forest product industries \r\n 15 Wages and salaries in forest product industries \r\n 16A Employment in forest product industries (Labour Force survey) \r\n 16B Employment in forest product industries (Ausralian Industry survey) \r\n 17 Capital expenditure in forest product industries \r\n 18 Disposal of assets in forest product industries \r\n 19 Selected price indexes \r\n 20 Apparent consumption of wood products \r\n 21 Dwelling units commenced \r\n 22 Recovered paper \r\n 23 Imports \r\n 24 Exports \r\n 25 Imports from selected countries \r\n 26 Exports to selected countries \r\n 27 Selected trade unit values \r\n 28 Imports of secondary wood products \r\n 29 Exports of secondary wood products
Imports - Tabular data of Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 imports statistics - Macro-enabled workbook - Data 02 - the Imports quarterly MS workbook contains:\r\n\t30 Imports of wood products \r\n 31 Imports selected unit values \r\n 32 Imports of sawnwood, summary \r\n 33 Imports of roughsawn softwood sawnwood \r\n 34 Imports of roughsawn hardwood sawnwood \r\n 35 Total imports of roughsawn sawnwood \r\n 36 Imports of dressed softwood sawnwood \r\n 37 Imports of dressed hardwood sawnwood \r\n 38 Total imports of dressed sawnwood \r\n 39 Imports of miscellaneous forest products \r\n 40 Imports of veneers \r\n 41 Imports of plywood, by type \r\n 42 Imports of plywood, total \r\n 43 Imports of board products, by type \r\n 44 Imports of paper and paperboard, by type \r\n 45 Total imports of paper and paperboard \r\n 46 Imports of paper manufactures \r\n 47 Imports of recovered paper \r\n 48 Imports of pulp \r\n 49 Imports of secondary wood products
Exports - Tabular data of Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 exports statistics - Macro-enabled workbook - Data 03 - the Exports quarterly MS workbook contains:\r\n 50 Exports of wood products \r\n 51 Exports selected unit values \r\n 52 Exports of sawnwood, summary \r\n 53 Exports of softwood sawnwood \r\n 54 Exports of hardwood sawnwood \r\n 55 Exports of roundwood \r\n 56 Exports of railway sleepers \r\n 57 Exports of miscellaneous forest products \r\n 58 Exports of veneers \r\n 59 Exports of plywood \r\n 60 Exports of board products \r\n 61 Exports of paper and paperboard \r\n 62 Exports of paper manufactures \r\n 63 Exports of recovered paper \r\n 64 Exports of pulp \r\n 65 Exports of woodchips \r\n 66 Exports of secondary wood products
Summary - Tabular data of Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 summary statistics - Workbook - GeneralDownload 01 - the Summary MS workbook contains:\r\n AFWPS summary tables \r\n\t1 Overview of the Australian forestry sector \r\n Resource base \r\n\t2 Land areas, by forest vegetation cover \r\n 3 Native forest areas, by forest type, ownership and state \r\n 4 Plantation areas, by type and state \r\n 5 Plantation establishment, by type and state \r\n Logs \r\n\t6 Logs harvested, by log type \r\n 7 Gross value of logs harvested \r\n 8A Volume of logs harvested, by state and forest type \r\n 8B Value of logs harvested, by state \r\n 8C Volume of logs harvested, by state, forest and log type \r\n 9 Log price indexes, by log type \r\n 10 Gross roundwood equivalent of consumption, by wood product \r\n Wood products \r\n 11 Production annual \r\n 12 Sawnwood production, by state \r\n 13 Sales and service income in forest product industries \r\n 14 Industry value added in forest product industries \r\n 15 Wages and salaries in forest product industries \r\n 16A Employment in forest product industries (Labour Force survey) \r\n 16B Employment in forest product industries (Ausralian Industry survey) \r\n 17 Capital expenditure in forest product industries \r\n 18 Disposal of assets in forest product industries \r\n 19 Selected price indexes \r\n 20 Apparent consumption of wood products \r\n 21 Dwelling units commenced \r\n 22 Recovered paper \r\n 23 Imports \r\n 24 Exports \r\n 25 Imports from selected countries \r\n 26 Exports to selected countries \r\n 27 Selected trade unit values \r\n 28 Imports of secondary wood products \r\n 29 Exports of secondary wood products
Imports - Tabular data of Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 imports statistics - Workbook - GeneralDownload 02 - the Imports quarterly MS workbook contains:\r\n\t30 Imports of wood products \r\n 31 Imports selected unit values \r\n 32 Imports of sawnwood, summary \r\n 33 Imports of roughsawn softwood sawnwood \r\n 34 Imports of roughsawn hardwood sawnwood \r\n 35 Total imports of roughsawn sawnwood \r\n 36 Imports of dressed softwood sawnwood \r\n 37 Imports of dressed hardwood sawnwood \r\n 38 Total imports of dressed sawnwood \r\n 39 Imports of miscellaneous forest products \r\n 40 Imports of veneers \r\n 41 Imports of plywood, by type \r\n 42 Imports of plywood, total \r\n 43 Imports of board products, by type \r\n 44 Imports of paper and paperboard, by type \r\n 45 Total imports of paper and paperboard \r\n 46 Imports of paper manufactures \r\n 47 Imports of recovered paper \r\n 48 Imports of pulp \r\n 49 Imports of secondary wood products
Exports - Tabular data of Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2017 exports statistics - Workbook - GeneralDownload 03 - the Exports quarterly MS workbook contains:\r\n 50 Exports of wood products \r\n 51 Exports selected unit values \r\n 52 Exports of sawnwood, summary \r\n 53 Exports of softwood sawnwood \r\n 54 Exports of hardwood sawnwood \r\n 55 Exports of roundwood \r\n 56 Exports of railway sleepers \r\n 57 Exports of miscellaneous forest products \r\n 58 Exports of veneers \r\n 59 Exports of plywood \r\n 60 Exports of board products \r\n 61 Exports of paper and paperboard \r\n 62 Exports of paper manufactures \r\n 63 Exports of recovered paper \r\n 64 Exports of pulp \r\n 65 Exports of woodchips \r\n 66 Exports of secondary wood products
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