Physical input-output accounting of the wood and paper flow in Germany

This paper presents a physical input-output table (PIOT) that shows the complete wood and paper flowthrough the economic system of Germany. The PIOT illustrates the wood and paper flow between differentsectors and to different types of final use. It can be used both as a monitoring instrument and for scenarioanalysis. The hypothetical extraction method is applied in order to assess inter-industry linkages andsingle out key industries. Despite the wide variety of wood-based products and the versatile use of wood,it turns out that there is a surprisingly linear organization of the production system when it comes to theflow of wood and paper through Germany (“throughput economy”).