Forest Products Annual Market Review 2001-2002

 
 
  Following 10 years of growth, consumption of primary processed forest products in the UNECE region declined sharply in 2001, falling by 3% overall, the greatest one year drop since the 1970s oil crises and 1990s break-up of the USSR.  
         
  Viable forest products markets, supported by policy reforms, underpin sustainable development in some central and eastern European countries’ forest and forest products sector, as evidenced by their having become significant players in international forest products markets.  
         
  In contrast to developments in the other subregions of the UNECE region, consumption of wood products in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) subregion, notably the Russian Federation, gained 7% in 2001, approximately the same as in 2000.  
         
  Federation, gained 7% in 2001, approximately the same as in 2000.
Due only to the extraordinary strength of the United States housing related demand for wood		  
         
  Certified forest product markets grew exponentially in 2001, but remained small compared to certified forest area, which surged to 124 million hectares in mid 2002, of which 90% is in the UNECE region.