Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade - Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses: A Global Scientific Rapid Response Assessment Report

3 QUANTIFYING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND RELATEDTIMBER TRADE

49 Notes:The illegal trade values are computed by multiplying the total values of roundwood and sawnwood trade flows from source countries (exporters) by their corresponding illegal logging rates. In the case of multiple exporters within the same region (i.e. the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia) the results are summed-up over all exporters for each importer. For example, the value of illegal trade flows from South America to importer C is 0.49 FB + 0.725FC + 0.75FP, where FB, F C , and F P correspond to the total value of trade flows to country C from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, respectively. The sources used for estimating illegal logging rates are as follows: a FAO (2012); b Chatham House (2010); c van Eynde and Blomely (2015); d Finer et al. (2014); e Hoare (2015b); f Lawson (2014b); g Lawson (2014d); h World Bank quoted by USAID (2011); i Saunders (2014a); j Forest Trends and Anti-Forest Mafia Coalition (2015); k Hoare (2015c); l EIA (2013a); and m Lawson (2014c).The illegal logging rates for Malaysia, Peru and the Republic of the Congo correspond to aver - age values computed based on the value ranges reported by the relevant sources. Source: own elaboration based on data from DESA/UNSD, United Nations Comtrade database Total illegal export from source regions 1,265.6 387.1 521.4 3,471.4 685.2 6,330.8 100.0 Percentage on total illegal ex- port from all source regions 20.0 6.1 8.2 54.8 10.8 100.0 Australia 1.1 1.1 0.0 Others 396.9 166.7 72.7 309.7 30.9 976.9 15.4 South Korea 9.4 13.0 22.4 0.4 Japan 0.7 14.4 15.1 0.2 Malaysia 12.1 12.1 0.2

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regions Percentage on total illegal Russian Federation South America Congo Basin Southeast Asia Oceania Total export 6,328.0 682.0 1,004.9 6,082.8 978.9 15,076.6 70 m Total illegal export towards importers China 619.9 78.6 302.0 1730.6 564.7 3295.7 52.1 Vietnam 0.8 18.3 748.2 767.3 12.1 India 10.2 1.4 509.3 75.5 596.5 9.4 EU 239.4 55.2 113.7 45.6 453.9 7.2 Illegal logging rates (percent) 20 a Brazil: 53 b ; Colombia 75 c ; Peru: 72.5 d Cameroon: 33 e ; Dem. Rep. of Congo: 87 f ; Rep. of the Congo: 72.5 g Cambodia: 94 h ; Laos: 87 i ; Indonesia: 30 j ; Malaysia: 18.5 k ; Myanmar : 72 l Papua New Guinea: Thailand 101.4 101.4 1.6 USA 75.6 12.6 88.2 1.4 export from all source regions

Total export

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Global trade flows of roundwood and sawnwood at high risk of illegality by exporter and importer, 2014 (million USD) Importers