Forest products statistical information systems of EU and EFTA / / by Philip Wardle [and three others].

• Superior document: European Forest Institute research report ; 16
• Author: European Forest Institute.
• VerfasserIn: Wardle, P. A.,
• TeilnehmendeR: European Forest Institute.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Research report (European Forest Institute) ; 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book is the only in its kind to review the commodity coding, definitions and methodology applying to the collection of forest products production and trade statistics. The analysis - both qualitative as quantitative - contains valuable information for anybody who want to gain more insight in th...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• List of Acronyms
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 European Forestry Information and Communication System
• 1.2 Collection of forest product statistics
• 1.3 The lntersecretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics
• 1.4 The Joint FAO/ECE/Eurostat/ITTO Forest Sector Questionnaire (JQ)
• 2. International Information - Comparability Study
• 2.1 Aim and methodology
• 2.2 Responsibility, authority, external relation and function of the international institutions
• 2.3 Sources of forest products data, including secondary sources
• 2.4 Method of collecting data
• 2.5 Product classification, definitions and coding
• 2.6 Standards for value and quantity units including conversion factors
• 2.7 Validation and treatment of missing data and the effect of confidentiality
• 2.8 Special issue of treatment of tropical wood
• 2. 9 Incidence of double counting
• 3. National Information - Comparability Study
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Responsibility and authority, dissemination
• 3.3 Sources of data, including secondary sources
• 3.4 Method of collecting data
• 3.5 Specification, definitions and coding
• 3.6 Value and quantity units, including conversion factors
• 3.7 Validation
• 3.8 Special issue of treatment of tropical wood
• 3. 9 Incidence of double counting
• 3.10 Confidentiality and Triangularity
• 3.11 Timing and other concems
• 3.12 Broad conclusions
• 4. Quantitative Approach - International Conversion Factors
• Comparison of Production and Trade Statistics 1998/1999
• Tropical Products
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 International conversion factors
• 4.3 Comparison of production and Trade Statistics 1998/1999.
• 4.4 Reporting production and trade in tropical products and trade in primary wood products produced from imported tropical logs
• 4.5 Index of Addendum Tables
• 5. Conclusions and Recommendations
• 5.1 Information strategy for international forest products production and trade statistics
• 5.2 Summary of lssues, Conclusions and Recommendations
• References.