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How much logs do Poland produce and export?

Poland is the nullth largest producer of logs: 36.5 million m3 in 2024, 1.9% of the world's 2 billion m3 (FAOSTAT forestry). It is the 5th largest exporter by value: $492.3 million in 2024, 3.8% of world exports of wood in the rough (HS 4403) (CEPII BACI). Its biggest customer is Germany, which takes 31% of its logs exports by value.

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Poland's logs production

Poland logs production, 2024
World rankProduction (m3)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
36.5 million m31.9%+0.2% a year2024

FAOSTAT Forestry production and trade (FO), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 1.4%, 1970s 1.4%, 1980s 1.3%, 1990s 1.3%, 2000s 1.7%, 2010s 1.9%, 2020s 1.9%. See the concentration-over-time report.

Poland's logs exports

Poland exports of Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark, 2024
World rankExport valueShare of world exportsQuantity (tonnes)Average value per tonneYear
5$492.3 million3.8%3.3 million t$1492024

CEPII BACI international trade database (HS22, V202601), HS 4403 (Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark).

Where Poland's logs goes

Largest destinations of Poland's logs exports, 2024
DestinationValueShare of Poland's exports
Germany$153M31%
China$104M21%
Czechia$61M12%
Sweden$49M10%
Slovakia$22M4.4%

Largest five destinations of 2,358 exporter-importer pairs BACI reports for 2024. See trade flows.

The logs price Poland sells into

The benchmark price, Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala, was $402.9/m³ in September 2026, down 2% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 6% a year, calmer in 11% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Logs price history.

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