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2.I - Wood Processing
| Category Code | Method | AD | EF |
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| 2.I | T1 | NS | CS |
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| NOx | NMVOC | SO2 | NH3 | PM2.5 | PM10 | TSP | BC | CO | Pb | Cd | Hg | As | Cr | Cu | Ni | Se | Zn | PCDD/F | B(a)P | B(b)F | B(k)F | I(x)P | PAHs | HCB | PCB |
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| NA | -/- | NA | NA | -/- | -/- | -/- | NE | IE | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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This industrial sector essentially includes the production of chipboards. It is of minor meaning with view on emissions.
Chipboards are made from wood chips with added binders under the influence of pressure and heat. The main source of NMVOC emissions are the wood chips used, from which NMVOCs are emitted during drying due to the effect of heat. NMVOC can also be emitted from wood and binder during the pressing process.
CO emissions from the fuel use for production steam are allocated under 1.A.2.
Chipboards are produced in about 20 plants in Germany with the industrial sector being dominated by few larger companies.
Activity data
The activity data are taken from the national statistics 1), but must be converted from volume to mass data for further use.
This data from national statistics from 1995 onwards was recalculated in 2025 using a complete dataset from the Federal Statistical Office. This resulted in only minor changes to the absolute figures in some cases, but the time series is now consistent.
Table 1: Produced amounts, in kilotonnes [kt]
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| 5,436 | 5,302 | 5,859 | 6,108 | 4,991 | 4,402 | 4,585 | 4,709 | 4,562 | 4,490 | 4,431 | 4,776 | 4,366 | 4,041 | 4,006 |
Emissions factors
The emission factors of 0.9 kg/t for NMVOC and 0.3 kg/t for PM were estimated on the basis of expert judgements.
Recalculations
Revised activity data against the previous submission for several years from 1995 are causing changed emissions data in the same manner.
Table: Revised annual activity data, in [kt]
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| current submission | 5,436 | 5,302 | 5,859 | 6,108 | 4,991 | 4,402 | 4,585 | 4,709 | 4,562 | 4,490 | 4,431 | 4,776 | 4,366 | 4,041 |
| previous submission | 5,436 | 5,710 | 6,310 | 6,575 | 4,561 | 4,402 | 4,560 | 4,709 | 4,322 | 4,490 | 4,431 | 4,775 | 4,366 | 4,060 |
| absolute change | 0.00 | -408 | -451 | -467 | 430 | -0.05 | 24.72 | -0.48 | 240 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -18.6 |
| relative change* | 0.00% | -7.14% | -7.14% | -7.11% | 9.43% | 0.00% | 0.54% | -0.01% | 5.56% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.46% |
* The same relativeness applies to emissions.
For pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2023, please see the pollutant specific recalculation tables following chapter 9.1 - Recalculations.