The production of wood and forest industry products in EU-25 - Issue number 44/2005 - Products Statistics in Focus

The enlargement of the Union in May 2004 increased the Community's forest and other wooded land area by 20%, from 136 up to 160 million hectares. The volume of growing stock rose by one-third, to 17.9 billion cubic metres. This represents a remarkable expansion of the EU's forestry sector, and has given the EU, among other things, a greater importance as a producer and trader of wood and wood-based products.