Where does the world's timber come from?

Timber & forest products covers logs, plywood, sawnwood. What moves them together: Housing starts, mill capacity, log export bans, tariffs and sustainability rules, wildfires and pests.

Commodities in this category

Timber & forest products commodities with top producers and latest prices
Commodity	Top producers	Latest price	12 months
Logs Tree stems cut to length for sawing or peeling, measured in cubic metres and traded before any milling.	Share of world logs production: United States 16%, Brazil 10%, Russia 9.9%, Rest of world 64%. United States 16%, Brazil 10%, Russia 10% (2024)	$405.7/m³ Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala	-0%
Plywood Panels glued from thin wood veneers with alternating grain, used in construction, furniture and packaging.	Share of world plywood production: China 53%, India 11%, United States 7.9%, Rest of world 28%. China 53%, India 11%, United States 8% (2024)	343.8¢/sheet Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import	-7%
Sawnwood Wood sawn lengthwise into boards thicker than six millimetres, the main construction timber.	Share of world sawnwood production: United States 17%, China 14%, Russia 8.4%, Rest of world 61%. United States 17%, China 14%, Russia 8% (2024)	$648.7/m³ Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala	+1%

Price index since 1960

Timber index

Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly indices, 2010 = 100, published 2026-09-02. CC BY 4.0.

Indices are monthly averages and lag the market; informational only, not investment advice.

Data updated 6 September 2026.