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  • Dataset | 01 Jan 2013
Charcoal
Bioeconomy

Data on consumption, production, transformation and supply of charcoal for energy purposes. Data expressed in thousand of cubic metres.

Consumption data are broken down by sector (e.g. agriculture, forestry and fishing, food and tobacco, households, etc.).

Charcoal (CH), SIEC code 5160: The solid residue from the carbonisation of wood or other vegetal matter through slow pyrolysis

More details in http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/Energy-Questionnaire-Guidelines.pdf

The UNSD Annual Questionnaire on Energy Statistics (the “Questionnaire”) is the primary source of information for the UNSD Energy Statistics Database and contributes to the Energy Statistics Yearbook, the Energy Balances and the Electricity Profiles publications. The Energy Balances present energy data in a format showing an overall picture of energy production, trade, conversion and consumption for energy products utilized in the country, while Electricity Profiles contains detailed information on production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant inputs and efficiencies.