2013 global forest products facts and figures
Global production of all major wood products continued to show steady growth in 2013 for the fourth consecutive year, according to new data published by FAO. While the production of industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood pellets and wood-based panels have fully recovered from the economic downturn in 2008-2009, global production of pulp and paper stagnated in 2012-13 largely due to a decline in consumption in China, where electronic publishing is increasingly being used instead of traditional printing processes.