New FWPA Softwood Timber Survey is onlineFriday 24 May 2013 
FWPA’s new Statistics and Economics Program has launched its first service – the Softwood Timber Survey (STS). The survey tracks monthly sales volumes by product categories for Australian plantation softwood products from participating companies. There are 7 major categories, with various sub categories tracked for each.Participating companies log into the survey portal each month to upload their sales volumes. Companies can then view their figures against the aggregate for each product category and download reports. Summary aggregate data is publicly available for plantation softwood product sales volumes by year and product category dating back to 2002. “This is an important first step in establishing industry statistics services and gives us an opportunity to expand the dialogue with industry about the data they want collected and how they want to use it” said Jim Houghton, FWPA Statistics and Economics Manager. The survey was previously managed by AFPA. With the creation of FWPA’s Statistics and Economics Program stakeholders agreed that moving management of the survey to FWPA would provide the opportunity for more companies to contribute to the Survey each month. Work is progressing on providing a similar service for Hardwood Timber Products and Industry production and Inventory data. Through this confidential data aggregation process it is expected a more accurate understanding of current commercial conditions will be available. You can visit the survey by Clicking here. |
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