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192 Members (191 Member Nations and 1 Member Organization, the European Union)

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Countries with high values of NWFP removals- 2005

Value of wood and NWFP removals - 2005 (million USD)

Continent Industrialroundwood Woodfuel NWFP NWFP %

Eastern and Southern Africa 1048 609 34 2

Northern Africa 42 13 20 36

Western and Central Africa 1811 807 5 0

Africa 2901 1429 59 1

East Asia 6472 43 6796 104

South and South-east Asia 10560 9445 184 1

Western and Central Asia 1114 294 4 0

Asia 18146 9782 6984 25

Europe 20684 3440 7740 32

Caribbean 114 16 1 1

Central America 237 0 36 15

North America 36631 337 1621 4

North and Central America 36982 353 1658 4

Oceania 2736 3 399 15

South America 4656 1758 607 9

World 81449 15007 16840 17

Value of NWFP removals by category

Food50%

Other plants products

17%

Wild honey and beeswax

11%

Ornamental plants 6%

Exudates 4%

Plant materials for medicine, etc.

4%

Wild meat 3%

Materials for utensils, construction, etc. 3%

Hides, skins and trophies 1%

Living animals 1%

Country/area

Value of removals (million US$)

NWFP / WOOD 100%

Industrialroundwood Woodfuel NWFP

Republic of Korea 334 43 1859 493

Russian Federation 2861 234 5139 166

China 4140 - 4735 114

Portugal 383 15 420 106

Italy 209 335 329 60

Spain 915 29 514 54

Morocco 30 6 13 36

Serbia 68 53 37 31

United Kingdom 367 9 111 30

Senegal 2 16 5 28

Australia 1255 - 288 23

Germany 2589 238 563 20

Czech Republic 850 21 165 19

Costa Rica 178 - 24 13

Japan 1998 - 202 10

Egypt 5 5 1 10

Austria 1233 297 144 9

Slovenia 108 21 12 9

Lithuania 206 22 19 8

Brazil 2559 1259 279 7

United States of America 22599 312 1327 6

Philippines 119 2 2 2

Malaysia 2706 - 43 2

India 6253 7095 133 1

Croatia 186 28 2 1

Cuba 108 16 1 1

Turkey 995 254 2 0

Value of wood and NWFP removals 2005

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