For many years, Eurostat has worked in close cooperation with international organisations in the Intersecretariat Working Group (IWG) on Forest Sector Statistics, with the aim of reducing the duplication of work.
The IWG brings together Eurostat, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) in collecting forest sector statistics; the European Commission’s Directorates- General for Agriculture and Rural Development, for Enterprise and Industry, and for the Environment are also represented.
The primary tool for statistical cooperation is the joint Eurostat/UNECE/FAO/ITTO forest sector questionnaire (JFSQ) on production and trade of roundwood and forest industry products, which is used by all organisations; each agency collects data from the countries for which it is responsible. Within this framework, Eurostat is responsible for the replies of EU and EFTA Member States.
The domain "forestry" contains data on production and trade of roundwood and forest industry products. The data cover the area of EU-25 and EFTA countries, candidate countries, Canada, USA and Russian Federation. The major groups of primary forest products included are: roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp and paper and paperboard.
