Classification Detail
Classification of Forest Products
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
"Classification and Definitions of Forest Products", FAO Forestry Paper, No.32, FAO, Rome 1982, ISBN 92-5-001209-8, 256 pages.
ISBN:
92-5-001209-8
Website:
Custodian:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Available Formats:
Print, PDF
Year Adopted:
1981
Year Published:
1982
Available Languages (besides English):
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Français
Classification et définitions des produits forestiers
Citation:
"Classification et définitions des produits forestiers", Étude FAO: Forêt, No.32, FAO, Rome 1982, ISBN 92-5-001209-8, 256 pages.
ISBN:
92-5-001209-8
Español
Clasificación y definiciones de los productos forestales
Citation:
"Clasificación y definiciones de los productos forestales", Estudio FAOÑ Montes, No.32, FAO, Roma 1982, ISBN 92-5-001209-8, 256 pages.
ISBN:
92-5-001209-8
العربية
Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
2.4.1 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
Purpose:
This classification is designed to cover the wood and wood-based products for which Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) collect statistics on a regular basis. Included is wood taken from forests or from trees outside the forest, bark and cork; charcoal; wood and wood-based materials resulting from the first processing of the wood available from forest operations (including sawnwood, railway sleepers, veneer sheets, wood pulp and wood residues); and materials resulting from further processing of some of these materials (e.g. wood-based panels, paper and paperboard); recovered paper and recoverable wood products.
Main Applications:
One basic purpose of the classification system for forest products was to improve presentation of comparability of statistics of different types collected from a wide range of sources. It also serves as:
a) a basis for statistical collection procedures;
b) a framework for compilation and presentation of statistics;
c) aggregates and elements for analyses;
d) a set of elements (or building blocks) suitable for rearrangement or expansion for special studies or for special purpose classification systems
Main Users:
Users of datasets on forest products disseminated by international organizations (FAOSTAT, UNECE's Timber database).
Methodology
Scope:
This classification is designed to cover the wood and wood-based products for which FAO and ECE collect statistics on a regular basis. Included is wood taken from forests or from trees outside the forest, bark and cork; charcoal; wood and wood-based materials resulting from the first processing of the wood available from forest operations (including sawnwood, railway sleepers, veneer sheets, wood pulp and wood residues); and materials resulting from further processing of some of these materials (e.g. wood-based panels, paper and paperboard); recovered paper and recoverable wood products.
Manufactured articles of wood and paper (as opposed to materials) are excluded as outside the regular data collection programmes of FAO and ECE. Moreover, this classification does not attempt to cover non-wood forest products such as small ornamental trees cut for special purposes; nuts, berries, seeds, roots, or other parts of plants gathered in forest areas; gums, balsams, lacs, etc.; wood derivatives such as turpentine, tall oil, sulphite dye and other chemicals. Forestry operations and services such as reforestation, forest protection (including fire protection and fire fighting) are also excluded, along with other forest-based activities such as protection and management of watersheds, of forest wildlife and of forest recreational areas.
Concept Being Classified:
goods
Statistical Units:
The units for the data on roundwood removals are private owners, state owners and other public owners of forests. For wood and paper products, the unit is the enterprise.
Main Principles:
Categories are exhaustive, exclusive, stable, balanced and well described.
Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
Classification of Forest Products - SITC Rev.2
Classification of Forest Products - Harmonized System (HS)
Classification of Forest Products - Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs (CCCN)
Classification of Forest Products - International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC)
Classification of Forest Products - UN Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC)
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Group
1
10 items
Level 2
NA
11
32 items
Level 3
NA
111
71 items
Level 4
NA
1111
140 items
Level 5
NA
11111
169 items
Criteria for Definition of Levels:
Chief component material, stage of manufacture, technology applied in production and purpose or intended use.
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
Joint FAO/ECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics
Coordinating Entity:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Next Review:
2016
Reason for Latest Revision:
In 1979 the Joint FAO/ECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics recommended that the classification should be brought up to date to take account of revisions of the Standard International Trade Classification, the work of the Customs Cooperation Council on a harmonized commodity description and coding system, and to take account of changes in technology, industry and trade practice and the appearance of new products. It was also recommended that this revision should ensure that the needs of all regions of the world are accommodated.
Major Changes:
The 1982 revision included cross-references to SITC and HS. The classifications has not been revised since 1982.
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
No
Correspondence with Other Classifications:
Classification:
Correspondence Table:
Classification of Forest Products - SITC Rev.2
Classification of Forest Products - Harmonized System (HS)
Classification of Forest Products - Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs (CCCN)
Classification of Forest Products - International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC)
Classification of Forest Products - UN Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC)
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Unit:
Statistics Division
Contact Name:
Pietro Gennari
Email:
Telephone:
(+39) 06 5705 3599
Fax:
(+39) 06 5705 5615
Address:
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy