The consumption of timber represents a significant impact on the withdrawal of biomass and, more generally, raw materials in Italian regions. Timber is the essential raw material for the production of wood products, paper, and cardboard, as well as being a renewable fuel used in all Italian regions. This study reconstructs the timber supply chain used in industrial production for the creation of wooden semi-finished products, which will be used in subsequent productions, using annual data from Istat's ProdCom[1] survey. The aim is to estimate the timber consumption of the Italian industry and indirectly the withdrawals in the forest.

[1] Annual Survey of Industrial Production