Forest Products Conversion Factors FORESTS Forest Products Conversion Factors ECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Products Statistics 28 March 2017, Geneva

Background of previous work FORESTS Work on updated conversion factors was requested at the 2008 Working Party Meeting The late 1980s was the most recent study prior to 2008 Completed in January 2010 and resulted in publication ECE/TIM/DP/49 Factors from 16 countries and one trade association (all from the UNECE region) Differed from past efforts: explanatory text, more products and sub-products

Conversion factors from the FAO Statistical Yearbook vs DP-49 FORESTS

New conversion factors project FORESTS Joint FAO/ITTO/UNECE - global in scope Updated and more reliable information with a better harmonization of definitions Improved conversion factors for wood energy A credible set of conversion factor from BF log rules to m3 for the North American subregion Credible, national and regionally defined conversion factors for actual to nominal measurement for forest products Questionnaires sent out 4/2016; completion late 2017

Why is it important? FORESTS We use conversion factors everyday for converting from one unit to another for reporting and analysis (e.g. JFSQ, JWEE) There is a need at the international level for a set of harmonized, impartial, reliable and reasonably accurate conversion factors There is a strong demand (we receive many requests) Conversion factors change over time and need to be revised Conversion factors are needed to construct a wood balance Recovery = 63.9% Recovery = 71%

Europe/CIS/North America New conversion factors project Status of respondents FORESTS Europe/CIS/North America Outside the Region Submissions Expecting Hoping for Austria Austria (update) Belarus Guyana South Africa China Canada Canada (update) Belgium Japan Nigeria Croatia Portugal Latvia Madagascar Ethiopia India Czech Republic (updated) Russian Federation Lithuania Mexico Democratic Republic of the Congo Indonesia Denmark (New) Serbia Poland Suriname Uganda Malaysia Finland (updated) Slovenia Slovakia Ghana Thailand France (updated) Ukraine Switzerland (update) United Republic of Tanzania Turkey Germany (updated) Cameroon Republic of Korea Ireland Côte d'Ivoire Viet Nam Egypt China, Taiwan Province of Moldova (new) Mozambique Pakistan Netherlands (updated) Gabon Myanmar Norway (updated) Zambia Philippines Romania (new) Congo Australia Kenya New Zealand Spain Costa Rica Papua New Guinea Sweden El Salvador Solomon Islands Switzerland Honduras Fiji United Kingdom (updated) Guatemala United States (update of mbf only) Brazil Chile Argentina Colombia Paraguay Uruguay Ecuador Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Peru Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Thank you! FORESTS Name Surname Position UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section Date March 2017, Geneva