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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 […]

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 […]

2019 – Softwood deliveries

In 2018, deliveries of UK roundwood (softwood and hardwood) totalled 11.6 million green tonnes, a 3% increase from the previous year (Tables 2.5 and 2.6). Most UK roundwood deliveries (93%) were softwood and totalled 10.7 million green tonnes in 2018 (Table 2.5). 6.4 million green tonnes (60% of UK softwood deliveries) were used by sawmills, a […]

2019 – Wood-based panels

Wood-based panels include oriented strand board (OSB), wood chipboard and cement bonded particleboard (which are all types of particleboard), and medium density fibreboard (MDF) and other fibreboard (which are both types of fibreboard). Statistics on wood-based panels are provided by the Wood Panel Industries Federation (WPIF).

2019 – Production of sawn softwood by mills in each country

1.9 million m3 (51%) of sawn softwood was produced by sawmills in Scotland in 2018 (Table 2.14).  A further 31% was produced by mills in England, 9% in Wales and the remaining 10% in Northern Ireland. Over the last 10 years production of sawn softwood in the UK has increased by 31%.  For mills in England, […]

2019 – Hardwood availability forecast

The key assumptions underpinning the headline hardwood forecast scenario include: In private woodland, harvesting is limited to areas with evidence of recent thinning activity. The estate of Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland and Natural Resources Wales is managed according to current management plans. Under the above scenario, hardwood availability for Great Britain averages 1.6 million m3 a […]

2019 – Softwood availability forecast

The National Forest Inventory “50-year forecast of softwood availability” and “50-year forecast of hardwood availability” were published in April 2014.  They are forecasts of potential availability rather than production, as they do not take account of management objectives, financial factors or the state of markets, all of which will affect the level of and timing […]

Origin of FE/FLS/NRW/FS softwood removals

Information on removals from Forestry England (FE), Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Forest Service (FS) woodlands is obtained from administrative systems. A total of 4.5 million green tonnes of softwood was removed from FE/FLS/NRW/FS woodlands in 2018, a 7% decrease from the 2017 figure (Table 2.3). Over one half (54%) of […]

2019 – Deliveries of UK-grown roundwood

Figures for deliveries relate to the quantity of UK-grown roundwood that is delivered to processors (mills) or for other uses (such as woodfuel and exports). They are expressed in green tonnes (weight when freshly felled). Statistics on roundwood deliveries are used to monitor trends in the supply of, and demand for, UK-grown wood. Deliveries should not […]

2019 – Felling

Felling Approval for the felling (cutting down) of trees in the UK is granted through felling licences issued by the Forestry Commission, Scottish Forestry, Natural Resources Wales or the Forest Service in Northern Ireland. Felling licences may be conditional (where felling approval is granted subject to replanting) or unconditional (where tree felling is approved without the requirement […]

2019 – New planting and restocking: time series

Figure 1.6 shows areas of new planting by country since the year ending March 1976. Trends in new planting rates have been influenced by changes to the incentives available to land owners (in the form of grants and regulations). In recent years, areas of new planting in the UK have dropped to lows of under 6 […]

2019 – New planting and restocking by ownership

In 2018-19 most new planting (92%) took place on private sector land (Table 1.14).  Table 1.14 New planting & publicly funded restocking by ownership Year (ending 31/3) New Planting   Restocking   Total   thousand hectares            FE/FLS/ NRW/FS Private sector Total FE/FLS/ NRW/FS Private sector Total FE/FLS/ NRW/FS Private sector Total England          2014-15 0.00 2.43 2.43 2.25 4.15 6.41 2.25 6.58 8.83 2015-16 0.00 0.82 0.82 2.30 1.02 3.31 2.30 1.84 4.13 2016-17 0.02 1.13 1.15 2.39 0.61 3.00 2.41 1.74 4.15 2017-18 0.00 1.50 1.50 2.04 0.00 2.04 2.04 1.50 3.54 2018-19 0.03 1.39 1.42 1.57 0.08 1.65 1.60 1.47 3.07 Wales          2014-15 0.00 0.10 0.10 1.56 0.38 1.94 1.56 0.48 2.04 2015-16 0.00 0.14 0.14 1.47 0.32 1.78 1.47 0.46 1.92 2016-17 0.00 0.40 0.40 1.44 0.23 1.67 1.44 0.63 2.06 2017-18 0.00 0.24 0.24 1.55 0.16 1.71 1.55 0.40 1.95 2018-19 0.00 0.52 0.52 1.22 0.23 1.44 1.22 0.75 1.97 Scotland 2014-15 0.40 7.16 7.56 6.50 1.95 8.45 6.90 9.11 16.01 2015-16 0.71 3.93 4.63 6.55 1.27 7.82 7.26 5.20 12.45 2016-17 1.06 3.70 4.76 6.67 4.41 11.07 7.73 8.11 15.83 2017-18 0.87 6.27 7.14 5.78 3.87 9.66 6.65 10.14 16.79 2018-19 1.03 10.19 11.21 7.15 4.05 11.19 8.17 14.23 22.40 Northern Ireland 2014-15 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.88 0.16 1.04 0.88 0.37 1.25 2015-16 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.75 0.06 0.81 0.75 0.12 0.86 2016-17 0.00 0.21 0.21 1.25 0.06 1.31 1.25 0.27 1.52 2017-18 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.86 0.08 0.94 0.86 0.29 1.15 2018-19 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.79 0.04 0.83 0.79 0.28 1.07 UK 2014-15 0.40 9.90 10.30 11.20 6.65 17.84 11.60 16.54 28.14 2015-16 0.71 4.94 5.65 11.06 2.67 13.73 11.77 7.61 19.37 2016-17 1.08 5.44 6.51 11.74 5.31 17.06 12.82 10.75 23.57 2017-18 0.87 8.23 9.09 10.23 4.11 14.34 11.09 12.34 23.43 2018-19 1.06 12.34 13.40 10.72 4.40 15.12 11.78 16.73 28.51 Source: Forestry Commission, Forestry England, Scottish Forestry, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales, Forest Service, grant schemes. Notes: 1.  Private sector new planting figures are based on grant-supported new planting […]