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It is estimated that 70% of all softwood removals from private sector woodlands were harvested in Scotland, 18% in England, 11% in Wales and the remainder in Northern Ireland in 2015 (Table 2.2).

Over the past ten years, Wales and England have shown the biggest percentage increase, with private sector removals in 2015 around double the levels in 2006. Removals from Scotland have increased by 53% over the same period, and removals from Northern Ireland have increased by 20%.

Table 2.2 Private sector softwood removals by country, 2006-2015
Year England Wales Scotland Northern
Ireland
UK
thousand green tonnes
2006 568 315 2 755 23 3 661
2007 612 382 3 059 29 4 083
2008 638 333 2 827 25 3 823
2009 533 321 2 388 24 3 266
2010 668 429 3 479 57 4 633
2011 738 501 3 894 53 5 186
2012 843 609 3 767 40 5 259
2013 924 691 4 213 23 5 852
2014 1 082 739 4 678 33 6 531
2015 1 109 686 4 205 28 6 028

Source: Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey

Data: Longer time series of the above table, including estimates for hardwood removals and for removals from FC/NRW/FS woodlands are available from the Data Downloads web page.

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