Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Almost one-third of the region is covered with forest, ranging from boreal to Mediterranean scrub forest. About 70 percent of the forests are located in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France and Germany. Although the EU has only 3 percent of the world's forest area, it is a leading producer of wood-based products, in particular paper and panels. It is a major trader, accounting for 38 percent and 37 percent of the value of world exports and imports of wood-based products, respectively. Sweden, Finland, Germany, France and Austria are among the world's top ten exporters of forest products, and Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium/Luxembourg are among the top ten importers.
|
Land area (thousand ha) |
313 187 |
Total forest area, 1995 (thousand ha) |
102 797 |
Percent of land in forest (%) |
32.8 |
Forest area per caput (ha) |
0.3 |
Annual change in forest area, 1990-1995 (thousand ha) |
340 |
Percent annual change, 1990-1995 (%) |
0.3 |
|
Product |
Quantity |
% of world total |
Fuelwood and charcoal |
36 360a |
2 |
Industrial roundwood |
214 726a |
14 |
Sawnwood |
67 545a |
16 |
Wood panels |
33 442a |
22 |
Pulp for paper |
30 661b |
17 |
Paper and paperboard |
69 826b |
25 |
|
Product |
Export value |
Import value |
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Export quantity |
thousand US$ |
% of world total |
Import quantity |
thousand US$ |
% of world total |
|
Fuelwood and charcoal |
825a |
40 716 |
14 |
2 389a |
131 475 |
47 |
Industrial roundwood |
18 218a |
1 247 726 |
11 |
38 262a |
2 835 664 |
21 |
Sawnwood |
28 211a |
6 661 403 |
26 |
30 074a |
8 043 756 |
31 |
Wood panels |
12 082a |
4 809 355 |
30 |
12 689a |
5 296 080 |
33 |
Pulp for paper |
7 365b |
3 714 319 |
23 |
13 250b |
7 056 350 |
38 |
Paper and paperboard |
35 151b |
35 451 900 |
55 |
29 800b |
27 161 160 |
44 |
a Thousand m3.
b Thousand tonnes.