Wood in the rough or roughly squared 247
In 2015, the value (in current US$) of exports of "wood in the rough or roughly squared" (SITC group 247) decreased by 18.1 percent (compared to
-2.7 percent average growth rate from 2011-2015) to reach 13.1 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports decreased by 26.1 percent to reach 16.7 bln
US$ (see table 3). Exports of this commodity accounted for 2.0 percent of world exports of SITC sections 2+4, and 0.1 percent of total world
merchandise exports (see table 1). USA, New Zealand and Russian Federation were the top exporters in 2015 (see table 2). They accounted for
15.6, 10.7 and 10.2 percent of world exports, respectively. China, India and Japan were the top destinations, with respectively 48.1, 9.3 and 4.8
percent of world imports (see table 3).
The top 15 countries/areas accounted for 73.8 and 89.0 percent of total world exports and imports, respectively (see tables 2 and 3). In 2015, USA
was the country/area with the highest value of net exports (+1.9 bln US$), followed by New Zealand (+1.4 bln US$). By MDG regions (see graph 2),
the largest surpluses in this product group were recorded by Developed North America (+2.2 bln US$), Commonwealth of Independent States (+1.6
bln US$) and Developed Asia-Pacific (+967.2 mln US$). The largest trade deficits were recorded by Eastern Asia (-8.7 bln US$), Southern Asia (-1.5
bln US$) and Developed Europe (-505.1 mln US$).
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 2001-2015, in current US$
2001
2002
9.5
6.9
4.0
3.4
0.2
0.1
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
2003
9.5
7.5
4.0
3.5
0.1
0.1
2004
10.6
7.6
3.7
3.0
0.1
0.1
2005
12.4
9.2
3.3
2.8
0.1
0.1
2006
13.2
10.6
3.2
2.9
0.1
0.1
14.2
11.5
2.9
2.6
0.1
0.1
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 2001−2015
2007
2008
17.6
14.5
2.9
2.6
0.1
0.1
16.6
13.3
2.2
2.0
0.1
0.1
2009
2010
11.5
9.5
2.1
1.9
0.1
0.1
SITC, Sections 2+4
Country or area
World....................................
USA.......................................
New Zealand........................
Russian Federation...............
Papua New Guinea...............
Canada..................................
Uruguay.................................
Malaysia...............................
Czechia..................................
Germany................................
France...................................
Lao People's Dem. Rep.........
Australia...............................
Equatorial Guinea.................
Norway.................................
Belgium.................................
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
−10%
−20%
Country or area
World....................................
China.....................................
India......................................
Japan....................................
Germany................................
Austria..................................
Rep. of Korea........................
Viet Nam...............................
Sweden.................................
Canada..................................
Finland..................................
Italy.......................................
Belgium.................................
Czechia..................................
USA.......................................
Portugal.................................
Developed Europe
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
4
3
2
1
0
−1
−2
−3
−5
−4
−6
−7
Oceania
−8
2014
22.6
16.0
2.5
2.0
0.1
0.1
2015
16.7
13.1
2.3
2.0
0.1
0.1
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 11-15 14-15
Cum.
13 105.9
2 041.4
1 396.2
1 339.3
789.7
622.3
570.7
519.4
406.1
364.9
319.2
297.4
294.9
257.2
237.8
218.9
-2.7
-2.5
1.6
-9.3
39.3
-2.4
22.1
-5.0
-0.7
-3.9
-8.6
11.8
6.9
18.2
28.6
6.0
-18.1 100.0
-19.3 15.6
-26.1 10.7
-24.6 10.2
67.6
6.0
-24.2
4.7
29.9
4.4
-18.1
4.0
-18.8
3.1
-10.9
2.8
-14.3
2.4
-45.4
2.3
6.7
2.3
59.2
2.0
-2.5
1.8
-8.8
1.7
15.6
26.2
36.4
42.5
47.2
51.6
55.5
58.6
61.4
63.9
66.1
68.4
70.3
72.2
73.8
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 11-15 14-15
Cum.
Value
Trade balance
Developed Asia−Pacific
−9
20.1
16.0
2.2
1.9
0.1
0.1
15
14
(Bln US$)
Exports
2013
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2015
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2015
Imports
17.1
13.0
1.8
1.5
0.1
0.1
20
13
20
12
20
11
20
10
20
09
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
20
20
01
−30%
2012
Value
Total
50%
18.7
14.6
1.9
1.6
0.1
0.1
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2015
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 247
2011
15.1
12.4
2.0
1.8
0.1
0.1
Source: UN Comtrade
16 746.8
8 050.9
1 563.7
797.6
666.2
656.0
593.8
583.4
413.1
332.8
274.6
255.3
221.3
180.1
156.4
154.4
-2.8
-0.7
-3.9
-8.0
-1.7
-5.3
-7.0
14.9
-8.1
4.9
-12.4
-11.4
-6.4
3.5
4.9
-3.0
-26.1 100.0
-31.7 48.1
-22.1
9.3
-23.6
4.8
-18.4
4.0
-14.2
3.9
-16.9
3.5
10.1
3.5
-30.9
2.5
6.4
2.0
-32.9
1.6
-19.5
1.5
-25.5
1.3
-19.6
1.1
-6.2
0.9
-34.5
0.9
48.1
57.4
62.2
66.2
70.1
73.6
77.1
79.6
81.6
83.2
84.7
86.0
87.1
88.0
89.0