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  • Tools and Resources

    Forest Development Types

     We are currently designing management tools which will help practitioners to use Forest Development Types (FDTs) to diversify their forests and increase resilience.
  • Tools and Resources

    2018 – Woodfuel and pellets

     Woodfuel and pellets Introduction Data on woodfuel have been obtained from the following sources: Sawmill survey and survey of round fencing manufacturers; Private sector softwood removals survey and woodfuel suppliers; Expert Group on Timber & Trade Statistics estimates. Estimates of the quantity of recycled wood used for woodfuel are produced by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (www.woodrecyclers.org). Data on UK pellet production and […]
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    2019 – Miscellaneous products

     Softwood Data for softwood fencing are obtained from the Survey of Round Fencing Manufacturers.  Figures for other uses are reported by manufacturers or are estimated by representatives of the wood processing industries. 1.9 million green tonnes of UK softwood were estimated to have been used directly for woodfuel (including biomass energy) in 2018, an increase of 19% […]
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    2019 – Softwood round fencing manufacturers

     There were 48 active round fencing manufacturers in 2018 (Table 2.25). Around two thirds of round fencing manufacturers (65%) consumed less than 5 thousand green tonnes of softwood annually. Table 2.25 Number of softwood round fencing manufacturers, 2009-2018. Year Size category (consumption)1    Total   <1 1 – <5 5 – <10 10+   2009 22 26 13 7 68 2010 21 24 13 6 64 2011 21 24 10 8 63 2012 21 21 11 7 60 2013 20 22 11 7 60 2014 18 21 10 7 56 2015 15 19 10 6 50 2016 17 16 11 6 50 2017 16 17 9 8 50 2018 15 16 9 8 48 Source: Survey of Round Fencing Manufacturers Notes: 1. Categories are based on total softwood consumption, in […]
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    2019 – Pulp & paper

     Statistics on inputs to the pulp & paper industry only cover the integrated pulp & paper mills in the UK that use UK roundwood. There were four such mills until 2003, three from 2004 and two from spring 2006.  Figures on inputs are provided by the Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor). Figures on production of pulp […]
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    2019 – Sawmill employment

     There were estimated to be 2.9 thousand full-time equivalent staff employed directly by sawmills producing at least 25 thousand m3 of sawnwood in 2018 (Tables 2.19 and 2.19a). Table 2.19 Larger mills1, 2018: sawmill employment Employment type England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK full-time equivalents      Direct           Line & production workers 810 165 1151 313 2439 Managerial & administrative staff 165 28 124 112 429 Haulage of logs to the mill 58 0 16 2 76 Total direct employment 1033 193 1291 427 2944 Others2           Line & production workers 12 0 64 0 76 Managerial & administrative staff 0 0 3 0 3 Total […]
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    2019 – Consumption of softwood by mills in each country

     Mills in Scotland consumed around one half (51%) of the 6.7 million green tonnes of softwood delivered to UK sawmills in 2018 (Table 2.12).  A further 30% was consumed by mills in England, 10% in Wales and 9% in Northern Ireland. Table 2.12 Consumption of softwood by country, 2009-2018 Year England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK thousand green tonnes      2009 1548 538 2672 532 5291 2010 1694 583 2913 528 5719 2011 1726 634 3082 543 5984 2012 1821 654 3195 528 6198 2013 1879 702 3420 532 6532 2014 1982 711 3661 530 6884 2015 1917 655 3247 531 6350 2016 1984 737 3441 558 6720 2017 2086 691 3479 583 6838 2018 2030 656 3423 640 6749 Source: Sawmill Survey Data: Longer time […]
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    2019 – Production of wood-based panel products

     Total production of wood-based panels in 2018 was 3.1 million m3, a 3% decrease from 2017 (Table 2.23). Over three quarters (76%) of wood-based panel products produced in the UK in 2018 were particleboard (including oriented strand board (OSB)). The marked decrease between 2011 and 2012 largely results from the closure of a panel mill in 2012. Table […]
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    2019 – Consumption of softwood by size of mill

     Despite accounting for only 18% of all sawmills (see Table 2.8), those with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand m3 or more accounted for 86% of the total softwood consumed by sawmills in 2018 (Table 2.11). Table 2.11 Consumption of softwood by size of mill, 2009-2018 Year Size of Mill (total production)1       Total   <1 1 – <5 5 – <10 10 – <25 25 […]
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    Number of sawmills by type of wood sawn

     Around two thirds (66%) of the 157 active sawmills in 2018 processed softwood only (Table 2.10). A further 28% processed both softwood and hardwood, and the remaining 6% processed only hardwood. Table 2.10 Number of sawmills by type of wood sawn, 2009-2018 Year Softwood only Hardwood only Both Total 2009 130 10 55 195 2010 122 10 56 188 2011 120 10 54 184 2012 118 11 51 180 2013 118 11 46 175 2014 115 9 49 173 2015 112 9 50 171 2016 110 9 48 167 2017 110 10 44 164 2018 104 9 44 157 Source: Sawmill Survey
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    Summary: consumption and production

     In 2018, sawmills in the UK consumed a total of 6.7 million green tonnes of softwood, a 1% decrease from 2017 (Table 2.7).  A further 0.1 million green tonnes of hardwood were consumed by UK sawmills in 2018.  Most of the logs, 6.4 million green tonnes softwood and 0.1 million green tonnes hardwood, were grown […]
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    2019 – Sawmills

     Data are collected by Forest Research in an annual Sawmill Survey. The following section includes summary results, covering number of mills, consumption and production are available for all mills.  In addition, there are also more detailed figures for larger mills only.  The threshold defining larger mills was changed for the collection of 2016 data, from annual sawnwood production of 10 thousand m3 […]