This is the 55th edition of the yearbook which contains data for all countries and territories of the world relating to the production and trade in forest products the years 1997-2001, and on the direction of trade in 2000 and 2001. The data is based primarily on information provided by individual countries through questionnaires or official publications, and in the absence of official data, FAO estimates are given. The tables are arranged in three parts: data on the countries which are major producers, consumers and traders of forest products in 2001; the main tables showing volume of production, consumption and trade as well as total and unit trade values by country and type of product; and data on bilateral trade for major product categories.

This yearbook presents a range of statistical data on international production and foreign trade of fishery commodities for recent years up to 2001. It includes data series on production of processed and preserved fishery products in terms of quantity and on imports and exports of fishery products in terms of quantity and value. It also gives statistics of apparent consumption of fish and fishery products, the value of world catches, the disposition of fishery production and direction of trade for selected countries.

The FAO "Yearbook of Forest Products" is a compilation of statistical data on basic forest products for all countries and territories of the world. This issue contains annual data on the production and trade of forest products for the years 2001-2005 and on the direction of trade in 2004 and 2005. - L' "Annuaire des produits forestiers" est un recueil de donnees statistiques sur les produits forestiers de base pour tous les pays et territoires du monde. Le present volume contient les chiffres annuels de la production et du commerce des produits forestiers pour la periode 2001-2005 et de la direction des echanges en 2004 et 2005. - El "Anuario FAO de productos forestales" es un compendio de datos estadisticos sobre los productos forestales basicos para todos los paises y territorios del mundo. Esta edicion contiene datos anuales sobre la produccion y el comercio de productos forestales para los anos 2001-2005 y sobre la direccion del comercio en 2004 y 2005."

This edition of the yearbook contains data for all countries and territories of the world relating to the production and trade in forest products the years 1996-2000, and on the direction of trade in 1999 and 2000. The data is based primarily on information provided by individual countries through questionnaires or official publications. In the absence of official data, the Food and Agriculture Organization has made an estimate based on available information.

This yearbook contains data on the production and trade in forest products for the years 1995-99 and on direction of trade in 1998 and 1999.