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Thailand rubberwood byproduct volume (2020-2024)
~6.2 million m3 (2024)
Thailand's rubberwood byproduct volume — the residual timber recovered when rubber trees reach end-of-tap-life at roughly 25-30 years and are felled for replanting — totalled approximately 6.2 million cubic metres in 2024 per the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) and FTI Wood Industry Club. Rubberwood is the country's largest plantation timber resource by volume and the dominant feedstock for furniture-grade solid wood, particleboard, and MDF. The annual volume tracks the 25-30 year lag from historical rubber plantation establishment; the 2020-2024 range of 5.8-6.4 million m3 reflects the 1990s replanting cycle. Volume is forecast to peak in 2027-2028 before declining as planted area contracted post-2014.
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Thailand's rubberwood byproduct volume — the residual timber recovered when rubber trees reach end-of-tap-life at roughly 25-30 years and are felled for replanting — totalled approximately 6.2 million cubic metres in 2024 per the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) and FTI Wood Industry Club. Rubberwood is the country's largest plantation timber resource by volume and the dominant feedstock for furniture-grade solid wood, particleboard, and MDF. The annual volume tracks the 25-30 year lag from historical rubber plantation establishment; the 2020-2024 range of 5.8-6.4 million m3 reflects the 1990s replanting cycle. Volume is forecast to peak in 2027-2028 before declining as planted area contracted post-2014.
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Thailand's rubberwood byproduct volume — the residual timber recovered when rubber trees reach end-of-tap-life at roughly 25-30 years and are felled for replanting — totalled approximately 6.2 million cubic metres in 2024 per the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) and FTI Wood Industry Club. Rubberwood is the country's largest plantation timber resource by volume and the dominant feedstock for furniture-grade solid wood, particleboard, and MDF. The annual volume tracks the 25-30 year lag from historical rubber plantation establishment; the 2020-2024 range of 5.8-6.4 million m3 reflects the 1990s replanting cycle. Volume is forecast to peak in 2027-2028 before declining as planted area contracted post-2014.
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Values in million cubic metres of rubberwood log equivalent recovered from end-of-tap replanting cycles.
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