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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 15 Apr 2024

Roundwood production (the term is also used as a synonym for removals in the context of forestry) comprises all quantities of wood removed from the forest and other wooded land, or other tree felling site during a defined period of time.

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 15 April 2024

Source category: EC Technical Documents


The volume of all trees, living or dead, that are felled and removed from the forest, other wooded land or other felling sites.

Eurostat, FAO, ITTO, and UNECE. 2021. “Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire Definitions.”

Source category: International Organisation

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