In response to a growing demand for high-quality and internationally-comparable statistics, FAO develops, implements and promotes methods and standards to guide national data producers in generating and using sound statistics. In particular, the Organization is committed to provide national statistical systems with internationally recognized definitions, concepts and classifications as well as methodological guidance for the production of high quality statistics related to food and agriculture.
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Status | Operational |
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Custodian | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Year Adopted | 2020 |
Year Published | 2022 |
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Statistical Domain | Forestry statistics |
Purpose | This classification is designed to cover the entire spectrum of primary and secondary wood and paper products. It encompasses not only more commonly produced and traded wood and paper products for which FAO, Eurostat, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) collect statistics on a regular basis, but also wood-based products created in recent years. The classification includes: wood taken from forests or from trees outside forests; bark and cork; charcoal; wood and wood-based materials resulting from the first processing of wood available from forest operations (e.g. sawnwood, railway sleepers, veneer sheets, wood pulp and wood residues); materials resulting from the further processing of some of these materials (e.g. wood-based panels, paper and paperboard); and recovered paper and recoverable wood products. |
Main Users | Users of datasets on forest products disseminated by international organizations (FAOSTAT, ITTO Statistics database and UNECE's Timber database). |
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Classification and correspondences in open format |
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Scope | Concept Being Classified Goods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relationship to Other International Classifications | Classification of Forest Products - SITC Rev.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Correspondence with Other Classifications | HS 2017 CPC Ver. 2.1 SITC Rev.4 SITC Rev.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revision Information | Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification: Website: Official Adopting Entity: Coordinating Entity: Reason for Latest Revision: Major Changes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contact Information | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Unit: Email: Address: |
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Status | Operational |
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Custodian | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Year Adopted | 1981 |
Year Published | 1982 |
Availability | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish |
Purpose of the Classification | |
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Statistical Domain | Forestry statistics |
Purpose | This classification is designed to cover the wood and wood-based products for which Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) collect statistics on a regular basis. Included is wood taken from forests or from trees outside the forest, bark and cork; charcoal; wood and wood-based materials resulting from the first processing of the wood available from forest operations (including sawnwood, railway sleepers, veneer sheets, wood pulp and wood residues); and materials resulting from further processing of some of these materials (e.g. wood-based panels, paper and paperboard); recovered paper and recoverable wood products. |
Main Users | Users of datasets on forest products disseminated by international organizations (FAOSTAT, UNECE's Timber database). |
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Concept Being Classified | Goods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relationship to Other International Classifications | Classification of Forest Products - SITC Rev.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revision Information | Year Adopted: Title or Version Number: Website: Official Adopting Entity: Coordinating Entity: Reason for Latest Revision: Official Adopting Entity: Coordinating Entity: Reason for Latest Revision: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification Structure |
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Revision Information | Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification: Year Adopted: Website: Official Adopting Entity: Coordinating Entity: Next Review: Reason for Latest Revision: Major Changes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contact Information | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |